6 Amendments of Philippe LAMBERTS related to 2010/2105(INI)
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recalls the importance of reinvigorating efforts at Member State, EU and the international level to combat tax avoidance and fraud as well as other forms of illicit capital flight;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that some EU Member States have already introduced similar types of transaction taxes with no apparent negative impacwhile designing EU wide financial transaction taxes, lessons learned from the introduction of sectoral transaction taxes at Member States' level should be taken into account;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Fully supports Eurobonds as a common debt management instrument based on mutual pooling of parts of sovereign debt to safeguard low interest rates; considers that as a first step "blue bonds" should be introduced, whereby EU countries pool up to 60% of GDP of their national debt under joint and several liability as senior sovereign debt; calls on the Commission to move forward with an in- depth impact assessment regarding the feasibility of Eurobonds;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Supports the idea of issuing common European bonds to finance Europe's significant infrastructure needs and structural projects in the framework of the EU 2020 agenda; recalls that, to put Europe on a sustainable footing, these projects must contribute to the ecological transformation of our economies, paving the way for the zero-corbon economy and, more generally, respecting fully the ecological limits of the planet;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Supports, therefore, the introduction of a carbon tax on European sectors not covered by the Emissions Trading Scheme as well as a comprehensive revision of the energy taxation directive to make CO2 emissions and energy content one of the basic criteria for the taxation of energy products; the minimum level of the tax should be set sufficiently high to fully internalise climate related externalities;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Emphasises that innovative financing for development can help to complement traditional development aid mechanisms to achieve their goals on time; recalls that innovative financing instruments should be additional to the UN goal of 0,7% of GDP devoted to development cooperation, stresses that innovative financing for development should be characterised by diversity of funding, in order to reach maximum revenue potential, but also be fully tailored to each country's priorities, with strong country ownership;