2 Amendments of John HOWARTH related to 2017/2226(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls the importance to the budgetary resources of the EU and its Member States of fighting tax evasion, tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning;welcomes the EU's blacklist of tax havens but regrets that the Council has watered down listing criteria;underlines that the blacklist has to be accompanied by strong, deterrent sanctions against listed countries;calls for public country-by-country reporting and the introduction of a common corporate tax base (CCCTB) to promote tax transparency and a level playing field;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Stresses that youth unemployment stands at 17% in the EU and welcomes that the EU has committed budgetary resources to tackle this issue, namely the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI);recalls that 75% of the total YEI Budget till 2020 has been allocated to projects and 19% has already been spent by the Member States which makes the YEI Budget implementation rate the highest among the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds);given the importance of the issue, calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action to further improve take up;