Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2015-11-25-Speech-3-397-562"
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"I voted against this report which I believe is an attack on Member States tax sovereignty. The European Parliament’s special TAXE Committee report was an elaborate PR stunt which was weak on matters of importance such as the need for full transparency while simultaneously attacking the principal of national sovereignty on taxation matters.
It is my belief, that it does not serve the interests of the ordinary Irish citizen to have our sovereignty relinquished through any attempted tax harmonisation.
The report provided an opportunity for parliament to demand transparency and accountability in both the European and International Taxation system, but the majority of MEPs rejected measures that would have facilitated this.
Instead, they adopted a number of disconcerting provisions which fundamentally undermine taxation sovereignty.
Sinn Féin want tax fairness and transparency to be placed at the centre of any Taxation Legislation and this extends to ensuring that a more equitable Corporate Tax System is implemented. But all matters relating to the setting of Tax Rates must remain a matter of national competency and the European Parliament has no right to attempt to attack sovereignty in this way."@en1
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