Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-03-29-Speech-4-168"
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"I am voting in favour of Mr Alain Lamassour’s report on the future of the European Union’s Own Resources.
It is an important part of the preparations for a thorough review of all aspects of European Union funding and expenditure, as the current system of own resources is fundamentally flawed.
This system covers four different sources of funding and a series of discount mechanisms. It should be borne in mind that nearly 70% of the European Union's income does not come from its own resources, but instead from funds paid in directly from national budgets. Moreover, in view of current budget deficits, in particular those of the larger Member States, we cannot guarantee that the European Union has sufficient resources to implement all the strategies related to its policies.
The European Union needs an effective and transparent funding system. The aim of reforming the Community income should be to create real own resources for the European Union. These resources should be based on existing taxes levied in the Member States, which would contribute to the Union’s budget. In my view we should also consider the possibility of introducing a real European Union tax."@en1
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