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"en.20121023.13.2-223-437"2
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"We strongly disagree with the proposal by the majority in Parliament to reform the own resources system in order to include a new ‘EU VAT’ as an ‘own resource’. This is a federalist proposal involving blatant manipulation based on the false argument of ‘reducing the share of Member States’ GNI-based contributions’. As is their wont, the majority in Parliament are adding insult to injury. They are trying to take advantage of the severe economic and social crisis facing countries such as Portugal (for which the EU is largely responsible) in order to advocate switching from a contribution regime based, in the main, on the income of each country to a regime which will be increasingly based on the blindest and most unfair of all taxes, VAT, thus penalising the weakest and most vulnerable. This proposal is even more manipulative as, by invoking ‘the consolidation efforts of Member States’, it is trying to create the idea of inevitability. However, as we have proposed, another method could and should be used, which would improve the current regime. This involves changing the scale of national contributions proportional to the respective GNI (gross national income), in order to guarantee that countries with a higher GNI contribute proportionally more to the EU budget, and making in-depth changes to its redistributive function and priorities."@en1
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