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Parliament is intending to open up the debate on the EU’s own resources, bringing forward the discussion set to take place in 2008/9. This is made possible by the review clause laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement for the financial perspective 2007/2013.
Criticising the current system, which it had previously sanctioned, and questioning the Council’s unanimity rule required for any change, Parliament is proposing eventually to feed part or all of revenue from taxes already imposed in the Member States directly into the EU budget, whilst keeping open the possibility of introducing new taxes for this purpose. This is because, as far as the national parliaments are concerned, ‘in the short term it is still too early to have a genuinely European tax’.
We reject any attempt to introduce European taxes, either directly or covertly, either in the short or long term.
We feel that a fair system of own resources should be based on national contributions commensurate with the relative wealth of each country (based on GNI), in such a way that the tax burden will be similar for all citizens of the different EU Member States, ensuring that the Community budget performs an appropriate role of redistribution, with the priority placed on genuine convergence and effective economic and social cohesion."@en1
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