Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-04-04-Speech-2-162"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-04-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060404.18.2-162"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-04-04-Speech-2-1632
lpv:speaker	lp:Kathy Sinnott2
lpv:spoken text	". I voted against the García-Margallo y Marfil Report because of its support for the Commission's Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base proposal, as stated in paragraph 16. This CCCCTB proposal clearly sets out the path to tax harmonisation, that great but mostly unspoken threat to Irish prosperity. Likewise I am opposed to the Home State Taxation scheme for SMEs. This harmonisation of taxes is directly opposed to the wishes of the Irish people. If we have a common European corporate tax regime, we will lose one of the greatest factors in maintaining our economic independence and our current state of prosperity. I see this as the thin end of the wedge to force a common European tax policy on Ireland. I have to advise the Irish Government to pay careful attention to this space, where our freedom is threatened, and to defend it most vigorously. It is the refrain from Irish Government circles that: No, there is no plan to harmonise taxes, and if there were, the Irish Government would reject it. Well, here it is, sticking its nose over the horizon; it's time for you to prove your mettle."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2008-05-08)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; EMPL (2004-09-16--2007-01-14)3 substitute; TRAN (2004-09-15--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Independent (2005-02-16--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Kathy Sinnott (IND/DEM ),"1 "in writing"1

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