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Smith condemns move toward common EU taxation |
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Wednesday, 16 January 2008 |
SNP MEP Alyn Smith has condemned a European Parliament vote that has approved calls for greater moves towards common taxation across the EU.
The report was passed by a large majority, but does not relate to any
legislative dossier under consideration by the European Commission,
said Smith, who criticised it as "navel gazing".
The report does, however, indicate the positions of the parties within
the European Parliament, who backed the report by a sizeable margin and
will hence encourage formal proposals to come forward.
Smith said that he would continue to oppose such moves. "I'm a
passionate European, but one things that frustrates me is the EU
extending into areas where it just does not add value and this is a
prime example of that.
"Growth across the EU is too low, and in Scotland in particular we must
do better because too many of our people remain too poor. Precisely the
last thing we need is a common EU tax rate, which remains a gleam in
the eye of only the wildest eurocrats and has been rejected time and
again by member state governments, citizens and businesses.
"This report doubtless involved a lot of hard work, but I would gently
suggest that being busy and being useful are not the same thing."
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