Activities of Pierre LARROUTUROU related to 2018/0135(CNS)
Plenary speeches (1)
Draft Council decision on the system of own resources of the European Union (continuation of debate)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Article 311 TFUE states that, without prejudice to other revenue, the budget shall be wholly financed by own resources.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) The scale of the amounts needed to avoid a catastrophic economic, social and environmental crisis are considerable. Already before this crisis, on 14 January 2020, the European Commission had stated that the Green Deal would require to bridge an investment gap assessed to at least €260 to 500 billion per year over the next 10 years. In May 2020, the Commission has estimated the investment needs for delivering the green transition and digital transformation at EU level to amount at least 595 bn EUR per year. Such resources needed to pursue EU key policies would boost productivity and innovation and create more than 5 million jobs, in all our countries, which will be much needed to overcome this crisis. Moreover, additionally to this amount, the Commission estimates the need of additional investments in the area of social infrastructure at least 192 bn EUR/per year, to recover to COVID-19 crisis and its dramatic social consequences. To reach these types of volumes of investment, and to avoid a deep economic, social and environmental crisis, substantial revenues from new own resources will have to be part of the solution.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) With the aim of establishing a long-term vision for the future of EU financing, using the momentum of the Conference on the Future of Europe for a discussion on the increase of EU integration of its fiscal policies, the Treaties, with specific regard to Art. 311 TFEU, shall be reviewed with the intention of adopting the upcoming Own Resources Decisions by Ordinary Legislative Procedure.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to finance the costs of principal and interest of the repayments of the European Recovery Instrument, to better align the Union's financing instruments with its policy priorities, to better reflect the Union's budget role for the functioning of thea fairer Single Market, to better support the objectives of Union policies, such as the Green Deal and digital transformation, and to reduce Member States' Gross National Income- based contributions to the Union's annual budget, it is necessary to introduce new categories of Own Resources based on the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base, the national revenue stemming from the European Union Emissions Trading System and, a national contribution calculated on the basis of non-recycled plastic packaging waste. Moreover, new Own Resources based on a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, a digital service tax, a Financial Transaction Tax, implemented according to a scheme agreed by all Member States, a European Net Wealth Tax, a Single Market Levy and the revenues from the European Central Bank profits should be introduced to this end as soon as the underlying legal conditions are in place. Or. en (NOTE: the text comes from COM(2018)0325)
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The introduction of a basket of new genuine own resources will reduce Member States' Gross National Income- based contributions to the Union's annual budget, ending the "zero sum game" and "juste retour" routines and will make the EU budget more efficient, effective and transparent, because it addresses areas that are a priority for the EU and where the money collected and spent at EU level create more and better public goods, compared to the public funds spending at national level.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The conditions that applied to the UK for supporting the introduction of rebates, as established in the European Council conclusions of Fontainebleau in 1984, are not valid anymore and therefore all the related correction mechanism granted to Germany, Austria, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands shall be abolished for the sake of fairness and transparency.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
(9b) The European Single Market greatly benefits companies that operate in more than one Member State; an EU recovery package as part of the MFF would be vital in maintaining the integrity of this Single Market; therefore, it could be considered to let multinational companies contribute to our economic recovery and the protection of our single market through a Single Market Levy; such a levy, in the form of a subscription for companies to participate in the Single Market would be implemented according to lump sum contributions, the amount of which would vary according to companies’ turnover and shall exempt small and medium enterprises.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9 c (new)
Recital 9 c (new)
(9c) The establishment of an European Net Wealth tax for the 1% richest segment of the population could address excessive wealth inequality and would be a concrete embodiment of European solidarity in the fight against the COVID epidemic. It is evident that the most vulnerable have been hit disproportionately by the crisis, as most high-income earners can still work from home and the wealthy can use their wealth to weather the shock better. Moreover, an EU-wide implementation of a wealth tax based on harmonised tax provisions would limit the risk of tax avoidance by wealthy individuals across the EU.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) In September 2011, the European Commission issued the directive proposal COM(2011) 594 to create a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT): a tax of 0.1% on shares and bonds, and 0.01% on derivatives, which would have been effective on January 1, 2014 and which shall flow in the EU Budget. Despite Brexit and the economic crisis, this tax could bring in more than €50 billion each year, which would be very useful to repay the interest and capital of the 500 billion common debt and to free up another 30 billion for investment in EU policies, such as the green deal, digitalisation transformation and research, without increasing national contributions.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) the application of a uniform call rate to the revenue collected in each Member State pursuant to Union rules on the European Net Wealth Tax;
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) the application of a uniform call rate to the revenue generated in each Member State pursuant to Union rules on the Single Market Levy, in the form of an annual lump sum payment for using the Single Market, and in proportion to companies turnover;
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) the financial transaction tax to be levied pursuant to Council Directive (EU) No […/…], based on the scope and rates of the proposal for a Council Directive COM(2011) 594, with the applicable call rates in the amount of a share not exceeding the minimum rates set out in that Directive, with minimum tax rates of 0.1% for the trading in shares and bonds, and 0.01% for derivative agreements such as options, futures, contracts for difference or interest rate swaps, compliant to the « core engine » agreed by the WPTQ meeting of 25 October 2016, cumulating the residence and issuance principles in order to minimize tax avoidance ; if temporarily implemented under enhanced cooperation, this Own Resource shall not affect the Member States that are not participating in the enhanced cooperation;
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e c (new)
(ec) The 90% of the revenue generated by the European Central Bank by the issuing of currency and the presence of deposits, which shall be used to finance initiatives limited in scope to the Member States participating in the Euro Area.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
All rebates and correction mechanisms currently granted to Austria, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden shall be terminated by 1 January 2021.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Council, in strict cooperation with the European Parliament and the European Commission, shall approve a legally binding calendar specifying the introduction of a basket of Own Resources, at the latest by 1 January 2021.