13 Amendments of Jonás FERNÁNDEZ related to 2014/2144(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas tax competition is not acceptable in the single market, since it distorts competition on the market and the efficient allocation of resources;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas some Member States have acted in a way that is unfair and lacking in transparency when granting tax exemptions to particular multinational companies;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the European Union’s own resources need to be increased to enable it to meet its objectives, in particular through European taxation;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Condemns the secret agreements on tax exemptions signed between certain Member States and some multinationals with the aim of attracting companies, to the detriment of both other Member States’ tax systems and the proper functioning of free competition, the efficient allocation of resources and the internal market;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes the view that the financial transaction tax must be a genuine supranational tax, and a new own resource for the European Union;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes note of the joint statement of 6 May 2014 by 10 MSs on enhanced cooperation on the FTT and the progress of its implementation; calls on participating MSs to reach an agreement by the end of 2014 including derivative transactions by the end of 2014; , corporate debt and bonds not issued by the Member States or institutions of the Union or its agencies or agents, including among others the European Central Bank, the European Stability Mechanism, the European Investment Bank, the European Investment Fund, the European Fund for Strategic Investments and by the European Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Bank for International Settlements, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Council of Europe Development Bank, and any other international organisation to which one or more Member States belong;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the extraordinary opportunity offered by the financial transaction tax with a view to integrating new public resources into the European investment plan proposed by the Commission;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Invites the Member States that are in favour of the financial transaction tax to set up a Special Fund for Sustainable Development and Employment that would benefit those states participating in enhanced cooperation, as part of the European Fund for Strategic Investments;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Encourages all the Member States, and in particular those whose currency is the euro, to adopt the financial transaction tax;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Recommends that the Economic and Monetary Union should have its own fiscal capacity with an additional budget sourced from own resources, starting with the revenue accruing from the financial transaction tax;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on MSs to agree to a compulsory CCCTB as a comprehensive and long-term solution to eliminate obstackles and distortions linked to national company tax obstacles in the Single Market;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission and the MSs to reflect on new and innovative tax forms; stresses that the debate on the FTT is crucial; calls on the Commission and Council in this context to give consideration to measures to link the revenue accruing from this tax with the European Fund for Strategic Investment, so as to boost the additional public resources needed to implement a credible European investment plan that is capable of generating additional private investment of the order of EUR 252 billion;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Notes that recent research has found empirical evidence in favour of introducing a global or European tax on capital to reduce the disparity between the rate of return on capital and the rate of economic growth, which would have the effect of reducing wealth and income inequality; calls, therefore, on the Commission to draw up a comparative study on the various taxes on wealth that exist in the Member States, with a view to giving consideration to harmonising them or bringing them together in a European tax on capital;