3 Amendments of Markus FERBER related to 2022/2142(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that taxation is one of the few areas that remain subject to unanimity voting in Council; stresses that it has become increasingly evident over recent years that stronger coordination in the field of taxation is needed at EU and global levels in the light of economic developments and the new challenges created by digitalisation and globalisation; regrets, in this regard, Hungary’s misuse of its veto right for unrelated purposes to block the Council negotiations on the Commission proposal of 22 December 2021 for a Council directive on ensuring a global minimum level of taxation for multinational groups in the Union (COM(2021)0823); welcomes, however, the agreement of in the Council on the OECD Pillar II reforms in December 2022;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recommends using the two general passerelle clauses for selected Treaty articles concerning the EU’s competences in the area of taxation on issues that are of a technical nature or that implement international agreements that Member States have previously agreed to on international level; recalls that the Commission communication of 15 January 2019 entitled ‘Towards a more efficient and democratic decision making in EU tax policy’ (COM(2019)0008) and the conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe both recommended moving from unanimity voting to QMV on tax matters.
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that switching to qualified majority voting in relation to tax rates and the definition of the tax base, however, could lead to constitutional challenges in some Member States as such procedures might infringe on the budgetary prerogatives of national parliaments;