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"Mr President, taxation issues are always controversial when discussed at European level; it is no accident that the Treaty of Lisbon provides for a unanimity rule in relation to the majority thereof. It is also no accident that most EU-level provisions in this area have related to indirect taxation. However, as this relates to taxation issues, we are debating the workings of the internal market, the workings of the concept of sovereignty, and own resources in the EU budget.
Parliament has adopted a very clear stance on these issues, always with a view to the need for balance between these decisions and maintaining the tax burden on individuals and companies.
Parliament has already mentioned the need for EU-level taxes several times. Harmonisation of accounting rules – first and foremost, for corporation tax – and also here through Ms Thyssen’s extraordinary report, which tackled the issues of voluntary tax neutrality, of simplification for businesses and less bureaucracy, of anti-abuse rules, and of less evasion. The ball is now in the Council’s court. We hope that this crisis will also be an opportunity to defend the internal market and to defend companies."@en1
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