Ne da promeni direktno, tuku da otpochne trend so koj se zadira vo sistemot. Za toa e celata vika.
Edvaj nekako privremeno ja zatvorija grchkata ekonomska dupka, koga sega se javuva buntovnik.
Shto se odnesuva do Britanija, taa denes go odbi predlogot na Evropskata Komisija za nov danok na nivo na EU (zaedno so Germanija).
Nema pari, a dupkata golema...
Commission's plans for EU tax strongly rejected by Germany and UK - thank Christ for that - There is widespread coverage of EU Budget Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski's plans to table proposals for a direct EU tax in September, which would mean member states handed over less money from national treasuries.
He suggested that, "There are various options that would not affect the finance ministries and have a link to European policy like a financial transaction tax, CO2-emission auctions and an aviation scheme," which could be used to directly finance the €140bn a year EU budget.
Treasury Minister Lord Sassoon said the British Government "is opposed to direct taxes financing the EU budget. The UK believes that taxation is a matter for member states to determine at a national level and would have a veto over any plans for such taxes."
FT Deutschland notes that the German government also flatly rejected the proposals. "The call for the introduction of an EU-tax is in contradiction to the position of the federal government as anchored in the coalition agreement," a spokesman said. The coalition contract between the governing parties states that "We reject an EU-tax or the involvement of the EU in national tax and duty collection." The spokesman confirmed that "Nothing has changed in this stance". In a separate article the FTD writes that the strong rebuff from Berlin is a severe setback for Lewandowski, who was hopeful of German support.
A spokesperson of the Austrian Finance Minster Josef Pröll told the paper that "we view the announcement by Lewandowski positively". BN/De Stern reports that the parties forming the new Dutch government have opposed the tax.
Under the headline, "EU tax, no thank you!", Chief Correspondent of German tabloid Bild Einar Koch argues that, "The EU desperately needs structural reforms in its expenditures instead of new sources of revenue". Belgian daily Het Nieuwsblad comments: "In the end it is again the citizens who will have to pay...If the European tax would not be compensated for (by reducing national taxes), than the growing legion of eurosceptics will only receive more ammunition to fire at Europe." MEP Derk-Jan Eppink, who is backing a pan-European campaign against an EU tax, said that the proposals should be fought "with fire and sword," according to Standaard.
Open Europe is quoted in the Telegraph saying, "The Commission seems to think that because of the tough economic climate, national governments would be keen to let Brussels collect money for the EU budget directly, rather than handing it over from national budgets...Imposing an EU tax would be an unmistakable move to a federal Europe, which, time and again, the public has said it doesn't want." Open Europe was also quoted in the Express.
Open Europe blog Telegraph Mail WSJ Guardian FT Reuters BBC Express EUobserver AFP Les Echos Le Point European Voice Nouvel Observateur City AM El Mundo EFE ABC El Economista El Mundo Nieuwsblad Standaard BN/De Stem Bild Bild: Einar Koch Welt: Wergin FTD 1 FTD 2