16 Amendments of Bas EICKHOUT related to 2017/2053(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that in order to boost the urgently needed transition towards a sustainable, circular and low-carbon economy and, to deliver on the commonly agreed Energy Union targets and to meet our international obligations under the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, significant additional investments are required in the period 2020-2030;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that Article 2 of the Paris Agreement underlines the need to make ´finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development´ and that appropriate reforms to the EU budget are essential in order to reach net-zero emissions by mid-century;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the work of the High Level Group on Own Resources, and in particular the measures aimed at reduccompensating the share of the GNI-based contribution, which is residual in nature; argues that this reductiongenuine own resources should be compensated for by the use of genuine own resource the reduction of GNI-based contributions;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the conclusion of the High Level Group on Own Resources (HLGOR) on a motor fuel levy, which finds that it is a strong contender for an own resource given the significant volume of taxation it represents in all Member States, its relatively harmonised base that would facilitate its implementation and the stability of its revenues, as well as the fact that it would contribute to environmental protection and thus to a genuine European common good;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that preference should be given to genuine European own resources, such as a tax based on the common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB) and a contribution based on a definitive VAT system, thereby delivering a fairer system for European citizens with respect to the EU budget and fighting tax evasion and tax avoidance;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that, according to the HLGOR, a partial transfer of revenue collected by or from Member States from the motor fuel levy to the EU level could provide approximately 30-40 billion euros, whilst it is estimated by another study that a full transfer of this levy to the EU level could yield more than 160 billion euros, enough to finance the entire EU budget;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Believes that an EU harmonised levy on motor fuel based on the polluter pays principle would help internalise external costs, provide public health and environmental benefits by incentivising the switch to less polluting transport modes thereby reducing government spending on health and environmental interventions, correct the existing distortions in the single market due to ´tank tourism´ and, if ring fenced, support investment flows towards sustainable mobility;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses equally the importance of green taxation as particularly suitable mechanisms to contribute to European own resources; highlights the relevance of certain Union policies such as on energy (energy tax), on environment and climate (Union carbon tax, border carbon adjustments) and on transport (road fuel and air ticket taxes) to promote future Union own resources;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a proportion of the ETS auctioning revenue, from Phase 4 (2021) onwards, to be directed towards concrete commmmon sustainable and low-carbon EU projects, such as cross-border energy infrastructure (to facilitate the integration of renewables, for example), energy storage and investments in breakthrough innovation in industry;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that an EU air ticket tax or flight levy based on the carbon intensity of the respective flight is a strong candidate for an own resource, as it would provide market signals indicating the most carbon-efficient competitor among airlines and aircraft manufacturers thereby incentivising the use of sustainable fuels and helping to reduce aviation´s environmental footprint; believes that given that neither fuel tax nor VAT are currently levied on air transport, a total potential tax revenue of approximately 40 billion euros in 2016, this would help restore fair competition in the transport sector and go some way towards curbing aviation´s growing emissions;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for an analysis of whether revenue from commonly agreed national road charging schemes, based on distance, journey time and transport emissions, can be used to fund EU projects promoting the development of walking, cycling, low- emission mobility, including incentives for zero- and low- emission vehicles, low- emission alternative energy sources for transport, and sustainable multimodal transport, in particular high-speed railways and inland waterwayslow- emission inland navigation;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Advocates the establishment of a budgetary capacity for the Eurozone that would perform functions of macroeconomic stabilisation and bring about economic and social convergence; considers, moreover, that this capacity should be partly financed through own resources specific to the euro area, such as a tax on financial transactions, a bank levy and a share of the ECB’s profits;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports, on the condition that the democratic accountability of the EU’s economic governance is increased, the proposal to create the post, within the Commission, of European Finance Minister, who would be tasked with managing the budgetary capacity and to ensuring full democratic accountability of the EU’s economic governancee compatibility of national budgets and economic policies with EU convergence objectives; Stresses that the European Parliament should individually elect this European Minister of Finance and have the power to make her or him subject to a motion of censure if necessary;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recommends that proceeds from fines generated by rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union are considered as additional own resource revenue in the next MFF cycle, bringing extra revenue in the Union budget, with no corresponding adjustment of the GNI contributions by Member States;