5 Amendments of Jonás FERNÁNDEZ related to 2017/2053(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that preference should be given to genuine European own resources, such as a tax based on the common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB) and a contribution based on a definitive VAT system, thereby delivering a fairer system for European citizens with respect to the EU budget; considers it necessary to reduce considerably the proportion of management costs included in taxes and tariffs paid to national customs agencies;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that preference should be given to genuine European own resources, such as a tax based on the common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB) and a contribution based on a definitive VAT system, especially with regard to revenue from cross-border transactions, thereby delivering a fairer system for European citizens with respect to the EU budget;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Advocates the establishment of a budgetary capacity for the Eurozone that would perform functions of macroeconomic stabilisation and bring about economic and social convergence; considers, moreover, that this capacity should be financed through own resources specific to the euro area, such as a tax on financial transactions, a bank levy and a share of the ECB’s profits; points out that, ECB profits may be transferred through the ordinary legislative procedure under Article 33.1(a) of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the EU should be able to issue zero-risk debt assets in order to offset the volatility in own resources’ revenues; points out that such a move would be fully compatible with the wording of Article 310 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which means that no reform is necessary;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the proposal to create the post, within the Commissionto be filled by a Commission vice- president, of European Finance Minister, who would be tasked with chairing the Eurogroup, managing the budgetary capacity and ensuring full democratic accountability of the EU’s economic governance;