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I voted in favour of this report because I consider the current system of the EU’s own resources to be lacking in transparency, efficiency and fairness, based as it is almost exclusively on contributions from the Member States. Reform is urgently required. Otherwise we run the risk of exacerbating the budgetary imbalance and inequality created by the failure to recognise that a better Union can only be achieved through more and better policies, including at budgetary level, accompanied by adequate resources.
Having spoken about this issue to the Committee on Regional Development, which submitted its opinion to the Committee on Budgets, I tabled some amendments which were subsequently adopted by a large majority. These amendments were aimed firstly at establishing a direct link between the EU and its citizens via the payment of part of an existing tax so as not to increase the heavy tax burden on the European taxpayer, and secondly at putting an end to budget rebates for certain countries, many of which enjoy prosperity levels above the European average, such as the United Kingdom.
Lastly, I also proposed that future considerations on the EU’s own resources should take account of the special tax provisions in the Treaties relating to the EU’s outermost regions."@en1
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