2 Amendments of Luke Ming FLANAGAN related to 2016/2270(INI)
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas tax avoidance and tax evasion schemes have deprived countries of revenue that is essential for a robust social state and public welfare policies, leading to worsening poverty; these schemes are operating right around the globe, including within the EU itself, and those negative impacts are likewise felt right around the globe, and likewise also within the EU itself;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that urgent practical steps need to be taken to eradicate poverty and social exclusion and promote the fair distribution of income and wealth;to greatly reduce the current hugely unequal distribution of income and wealth, with just eight men owning the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people (half the world's population), according to a Jan 2017 report by Oxfam1. 1 https://www.oxfam.org/en/research/econ omy-99