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"Small businesses are the backbone of the European economy, accounting for 98% of all European businesses and employing up to 60% of the EU’s workers. The European Commission is to be applauded in its initiatives to date and its continuing work aimed at eliminating red tape for small businesses. Ms Herczog’s report recognises the work done by the Commission and calls for further steps in this direction.
While I certainly support many of the comments contained in the report on the Small Business Act, I was very disappointed that the report that emerged from the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy contained a paragraph calling for a common consolidated corporate tax base. I would have hoped that there would be global recognition at this stage that the CCCTB proposal is badly thought out and ill-advised. This issue is of such importance to Ireland, especially in these economic times, that I had to vote against this proposal. Doing so will have no adverse affects on the commendable work that is being done for small business but will send out a strong message that we must take a stand against unproductive, unwieldy and ill-conceived proposals that will be of no benefit to the European economy."@en1
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