Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-11-13-Speech-2-074"
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"I welcome the Commission's presentation of its work programme for 2008. I believe its approach to the challenges currently faced by the EU, such as the volatility in financial markets, combating climate change and ensuring energy security underlines that the EU can achieve together what no one Member State could achieve in isolation. Only by providing leadership and deliver results in these areas can the EU be assured of its citizens continued confidence.
However, I would sound a note of caution about the Commission's approach in two particular areas: I believe that moves to develop an EU-wide tax base are misplaced. Taxation policy remains an exclusive competence of Member States and the proposed CCCTB, despite contentions from its proponents, seeks to undermine Member States' competence in this area. I believe this will lead to tax harmonisation by default and I would be completely opposed to such a move. Such divisive initiatives only serve to create divisions between Member States and undermine citizens' confidence in the European project.
Secondly, I believe that it is critical that the Commission strikes the correct balance in the forthcoming "health check" on the CAP and the parallel debate in relation to the EU's budget."@en1
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