Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-07-04-Speech-3-337"

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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	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010704.9.3-337"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-07-04-Speech-3-3382
lpv:speaker	lp:Per Stenmarck2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 unknown; Moderata samlingspartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this debate on the EU’s own resources and on EU tax is familiar to us all. It comes around every year. The positions are well known, and in a way it seems quite unnecessary to repeat the debate and decisions year after year. Apart from the questions of pure principle, one might wonder whether higher and new taxes are what EU Member States and EU citizens really need. We are all highly taxed. Certain Member States have some of the highest taxation levels in the world – I myself come from one such country. If we look at them, it is hardly these countries which have experienced the greatest economic growth in the last decade. Of course the report talks about tax not increasing. However this is a theoretical proposition which has very little to do with practical reality. I also believe it is the case that if a tax is introduced, particularly a new tax level as in this case, taxation will also increase. It is almost inevitable. I would also like to mention the fact that the rapporteur says he is seeking to strengthen the link between the Union and its citizens’. This is no doubt admirable and important, but in my view it should happen in a completely different manner. I am very doubtful whether people would feel any stronger connection with the EU through having to pay higher taxes than they do already."@en1
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