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I voted in favour of this report, since I feel it is necessary to face up to climate change and the growing threats to the environment, using taxation as an additional tool to that end. Despite the rapporteur’s reservations about the Council’s draft, which, in his view, fell short of expectations, I believe that this draft represents the broadest possible consensus within the Council, bearing in mind that caution and the ability to compromise are advisable when approaching this issue.
My vote, then, is a response to the legislative body of the report, for I do not entirely share the rapporteur’s concerns, which are detailed in the explanatory statement. We differ in particular on doing away with the unanimity requirement in these matters and on tightening Community requirements relating to the taxation of products.
Indeed, although there must obviously be greater coordination between Member States in order to meet the growing environmental challenges, the keynote should be the implementation of the ‘polluter pays’ principle and not the imposition of any artificial consensus."@en1
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