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"Madam President, I would like to thank the Commissioner and the Minister for what they have said tonight. It is vital we get a deal next week in Addis, and I hope the talks tonight in New York are fruitful, because they are going to set the agenda for New York and for Paris. If we do not get a deal there it will be harder in those subsequent conferences.
Now we have already made our position clear on ODA in the Pereira report – Ms Pereira is going to speak in a few moments – but I want to focus on tax tonight. The OECD has estimated that, if we could increase tax revenue by 1% in developing countries, it would be like doubling ODA. So tax is crucial, and that is why we need concrete measures to tackle tax problems. We need companies and individuals to pay their fair share of tax, and some of these concrete measures are in the Schlein report. We need to stamp out illegal practices like trade mis—invoicing, where companies manipulate tax invoices so they do not pay their fair share.
Save the Children has published a report with some shocking figures. In Sub-Saharan Africa, EUR 15 billion a year are lost through these unpaid taxes. That is money that would pay for decent healthcare, and it would pay to tackle childhood malnutrition. I think those who are dodging those taxes need to know that they are literally taking money out of the mouths of babes. To tackle these problems, we need concrete proposals and we have heard some tonight. We need new accountancy rules; we need country-by-country reporting, and it has to be public. Companies must be made to report publicly on what they are doing so that we can track down those who are not paying their fair dues. I hope we will push for that in Addis and in the subsequent talks."@en1
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