6 Amendments of Younous OMARJEE related to 2017/2053(INI)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Points out that tax avoidance in all its forms results in losses to the EU to the tune of EUR 1000 billion per year, according to Commission estimates; takes the view that it is therefore necessary to adopt an effective strategy to combat corruption and tax avoidance, and to bring in upward harmonisation of tax legislation in Europe;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that the post 2020-MFF will need to ensure the proper financing of EU policies and programmes with a clear European added value in social and environmental terms, and for citizens, but also to provide additional means for addressing new challenges that have already been identified in fields such as growth and jobs, competitiveness, cohesion, innovation, public health, the environment, migration, security and defence;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that the traditional own resources, namely customs duties, agricultural duties and the sugar and isoglucose levies, constitute a reliable and genuine source of EU revenue, as they arise directly from the EU being a customs union and from the legal competences and common commercial policy linked to that; takes the view, therefore, that the traditional own resources should be retained as a source of revenue for the EU budget; considerspoints out that the EU itself is putting that revenue at risk by signing new free trade agreements that do away with customs duties; takes the view, therefore, that if the proportion of collection costs retained by Member States is reduced, a bigger share of this revenue can be securedtraditional own resources should be retained as a source of revenue for the EU budget;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Acknowledges that, in the past, the GNI-based contribution providewas a reliable and stable source of revenue for the EU budget, and benefits from very strong support from a large majority of Member States; believes, thereforehowever, that it should be preserved as a balancing and residual resource for the EU budget, which would put an end to the budgetary logic of ‘fair return’; stresses the need, in this context, to ensure that the GNI contribution is classified in the same manner in all national budgets, namely as revenue attributed to the EU and not as expenditure of national governmentduced and replaced by a system of own resources based on the taxation of financial transactions, the profits of major multinationals, and the most prolific polluters;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Maintains that the only effective way of achieving equity and tax justice in the EU is by implementing a genuine policy to combat tax avoidance, and taking action to that end;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Reiterates its conviction that only common energy or environmental taxes at EU level can ensure fair competition among businesses and the proper functioning of the single market; calls on the Commission to establish a tax aimed at the most polluting industries and sectors of the economy;