Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-05-22-Speech-2-408"
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"Mr President, I would like to support Astrid Lulling's report, because I believe that it is well balanced and relates to a liberal taxation policy.
The argument here today is not about the excise itself, the raising of which in steps of 1% will not, as the Commission likes to say, change anything, and the difference in customs duties between, for example, Lithuania and the Scandinavian countries will stay just as great. The argument is about whether we want to standardise and harmonise tax tariffs, or whether we consider that the diversity of our countries should be reflected in different tax tariffs and different taxation systems. Yes, we have to encourage business to function among the various countries, and a common domestic market has to be created. However, we can achieve that, and we have plans (Parliament has already accepted such a report) for harmonising the taxation base. Customs tariffs have to reflect the real situation in each country, and they have to create possibilities for business to show its initiatives. In those countries, where such initiatives are not supported by appropriate infrastructure, such as in the new Member States, such initiatives can be supported by separate tax tariffs. Competition is always a healthy thing, whatever point of view one represents. Our internal EU squabbles about which country is the cheapest appear quite amusing. Because the really cheap alcohol is in Russia."@en1
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