Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-07-04-Speech-3-334"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-07-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:DSABs 3 and 4/2001 – EU own resources in 2001-2002 budget (conciliation procedure)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010704.9.3-334"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-07-04-Speech-3-3352
lpv:speaker	lp:Den Dover2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I too want to speak about Mrs Haug’s report on own resources. Her advice that we should go for a European tax is premature and unnecessary. She says that the Belgian presidency is expected to put this forward or start a debate. I have read the notes on the work programme by the Belgian presidency and there is little or no reference to it. There is only one reference to the tax on flows of speculative capital – the so-called Tobin tax. That was voted down by Parliament only a few months ago. At the end of the document there is also reference to direct or indirect funding of the European Union, so that we can once again operate with the European Union’s own resources. I put to her that the Prime Minister of Belgium only, in the last few days, said that he does not want to pursue this path towards a European Union tax because "it is sensitive". It is very much a sensitive matter and totally unnecessary. Mrs Haug mentions that the amount of money coming in from the nation-states through gross national product is going to rise. I accept that. I sat in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom for 18 years before coming into this Chamber. I always thought it was marvellous that the percentage of gross national product coming into European spending was declining. That downward path has continued during the last two years. I applaud that. It shows good and effective control of spending and nation-states do not mind passing on that money to the European Union. I see no reason whatsoever for the European Union to raise its own direct tax. That is why I have tabled four amendments tomorrow for voting. Two of those will be on a roll-call vote. You can see this evening that there is opposition from various countries. I hope that people will vote in support of my amendments and oppose the European tax."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Malta Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Dover (PPE-DE )."1

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