Activities of Margarida MARQUES related to 2022/2172(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Impact on the 2024 EU budget of increasing European Union Recovery Instrument borrowing costs - Own resources: a new start for EU finances, a new start for Europe (debate)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the legally binding Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 foresees the implementation of a roadmap of new own resources, including a second basket of own resources to be proposed by June 2024;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas thea second basket of new own resources is expected by the end of 2023; whereas the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 stipulates that the Commission could include a fFinancial tTransaction tTax and a financial contribution linked to the corporate sector or a new common corporate tax base in this second basket;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas the need to repay Next Generation EU (NGEU) and mounting long-term challenges for the EU underline the need to reassess the EU system of own resources, by exploiting the full potential of genuine own resources to assure sustainable financing of the EU budget in the long-term;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas new own resources will ensure the NGEU repayment plan’s sustainability and strengthen the EU’s credibility on the financial markets, thus securing the best possible borrowing terms for the Union;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
B d. whereas innovative own resources promote important EU objectives and strategies, such as fair taxation, competitiveness, or stabilising financial markets;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1 a. Underlines that own resources are a key enabler for the Union to implement its policy priorities; stresses that the introduction of new own resources would assure sustainable financing of the EU budget on a long-term basis in order to avoid new EU priorities being financed to the detriment of valuable EU programmes and policies, thus avoiding cuts to Union programmes in the future that would undermine the very purpose of long-term planning;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. NotWelcomes that, according to the roadmap in the Interinstitutional Agreement of the 16 December 2020, the Commission needs to put forward a proposal for the second basket of new own resources by June 2024;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. NotWorries that none of the new own resources from the first basket are yet in place;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Concludes that the second basket of own resources therefore needs to be ambitious and yield sufficient revenues commensurate with the Union’s needs and based on measures- taxes and levies- that require a European coordinated approach;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that income from capital is often less taxed than income from labour in most Member States; notes that the variety of tax rates on capital gains has led to a fragmentation on the Single Market and created opportunity for aggressive tax planning strategies; considers that coordination of capital gains taxation would allow for more tax neutral investments decisions; calls on the Commission to assess the feasibility of a minimum capital gain tax at EU level as well as its potential for becoming an EU own resource;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Suggests that the Commission and Member States come up with new own resources with similar design features as for to the non-recycled plastic contribution with the aim to fight inequality in the Union, to enhance the circular economy, and help to catalyse the implementation of the Green Deal. , as well as ensure a socially fair and just green and digital transition;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on the Commission to come forward urgently with a new own resource linked to the measures recently introduced to redistribute the energy sector's surplus, namely the solidarity levy for the fossil fuel sector and the cap on market revenues for electricity generators and intermediaries that use inframarginal technologies; proposes that this new own resource consists of a share of the revenues generated by these levies; recommends that the proceeds of this new own resource are used to finance relief and income support measures for households across the Union;