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  • EU Corporation Tax Harmonization - An Irish perspective

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    Published Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 11:58
    by aidanosullivan Join PES activists in In the spotlight (352 views and 0 comments)

    With attempts to harmonize corporate tax rates being vetoed by states like the UK and Ireland, the EU Commission wishes to address the tax obstacles facing companies operating across the Internal Market by implementing a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB).

    The CCCTB would mean reducing the cost of working with 27 different national tax systems as they would be able to compute their aggregate profits to a single set of tax rules. The total EU profit would be then apportioned among the countries where the firm is active.

    It has established a Working Group to consider first its technical definition and later details of the profit apportioning mechanism. Commissioner Kovacs had plans to bring forward proposals before the end of 2008, but this is now postponed due to the Lisbon Treaty vote in Ireland. The CCCTB will be optional and the Commission will propose its adoption under the enhanced cooperation mechanism failing unanimous agreement.

    The Case for CCCTB

    The Commission believes that reform of EU corporate taxation is crucial for achieving the goals of the Lisbon agenda and that an efficient, transparent and simplified tax regime will improve the functioning of the Internal Market. It believes CCCTB will contribute to the international competitiveness...

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    Tags: economy, EU, Ireland, Tax

  • Labour Movement for Europe: How can we reform of the European social model as part of reforming globalisation?

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    Published Friday, April 11, 2008 at 10:31
    by noelhatch Join PES activists in New Social Europe (550 views and 0 comments)

    Henning Meyer, Head of European Programme for the Global Policy Institute, kicked off the debate on New Social Europe in London on 11 March 2008 by warning that if certain issues aren’t currently reflected within the debate, such as economic globalisation, they become accepted as givens. He then put to the floor what we mean when we talk about social Europe. There are different applications of the social model, but there seems to be a consensus on some key elements:
    • a responsive political economy
    • free and compulsory education
    • active protection of environment
    • robust welfare state
    • limitation of inequality

    However, the economic layers of governance have been eroded by globalisation. There is an increased pressure on costs. If we debate the reform of the European social model, we need to debate the reform of globalisation. Economic globalisation increases within and between countries.

    How can we develop a politics of international redistribution?

    Henning proposed that we needed a politics of national and international redistribution - we need to explore a global social politics. This includes:

    • reforming how we measure the gross domestic product. We need to...
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    Tags: activists, activists, environment, equality, globalization, tax, welfare

  • Labour Movement for Europe: Proposals from the floor on the New Social Europe debate

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    Published Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 12:40
    by noelhatch Join PES activists in New Social Europe (583 views and 0 comments)

    On 11 March Labour Movement for Europe welcomed PES activists for a debate on New Social Europe. The headline was "Globalization in the community - how can we shape a social Europe?" and the debate took place in London, UK.

    The proposals from the floor included:
    • Including business in living wage coalitions across Europe
    • Committment to temporary and agency workers EU directive
    • Harmonise corporate tax across the European Union
    • Translating social values into business language
    • Redistribute nationally and internationally
    • Regain the notion of accountability
    • EU trade power to expore social values

    To see more proposals and the debate please see the video below:


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    Tags: activists, social dialogue, tax, trade, wages, workers

  • PES activists from Geneva have their say!

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    Published Friday, March 28, 2008 at 14:32
    by Editor in In the spotlight (767 views and 1 comments)



    The Eurosocialists in Geneva have also sent in their ideas for the PES manifesto - read the full document here. The group proposes the following four objectives for the EU in the world theme:

    • Eliminating poverty, promoting decent work and respecting human rights
    • Towards more equitable and effective taxation (at all levels)
    • Towards better global governance
    • Enhancing our security in the framework of NATO and the European Neighbourhood Policy


    Do you have any ideas to add? Leave a comment and debate with Eurosocialists Geneva!

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    Tags: activists, decent work, human rights, manifesto, neighbours, peace, poverty, tax

  • A motion for a tax on financial transactions

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    Published Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 09:59
    by amandinecrespy Join PES activists in New Social Europe (596 views and 1 comments)

    For the French Socialist activists in Brussels, the latest news about the global financial markets remind the necessity to master international financial flows. The product of this law could be used to make globalization more social.

    By means of a motion submitted to activists’ signature, they want to mobilize socialist leaders on this issue. They welcome the commitment of some French figures as well as of PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen on this matter. The European Parliament itself had shown some will to explore the question.

    As the campaign for the 2009 European elections is coming, it is now time to take action in order to include the tax on financial flows into the PES 2009 manifesto.

    The motion was signed by French and European activists amongst whom Michel Rocard. You can post a comment if you want to sign the motion as well and your name will be added to the list. read more

    Tags: globalization, tax

    File: Motion taxation des transactions financières.doc

  • PES Council: moving forward with ‘Save our planet’

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    Published Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at 16:27
    by Editor in Save our planet (1099 views and 4 comments)

    A roundtable debate on the ‘Save our planet’ manifesto theme concluded the first day of PES Council. Here are a few opinions and impressions from the debate:

    Hans Eichel, former German Minister of Finance, and chair of the PES Lisbon Network, encouraged the governments of the Left in Europe to develop a coherent and realistic strategy of sustainable development. Eichel explained that the idea of an effective green growth policy has always been one pillar of the Lisbon Strategy, but he underlined that with the “integrated policy guidelines” a good instrument has now been developed for linking the different strategies that used to be separate.

    Modern environmental policies are essentially knowledge based; without advanced technologies and innovative policies, the necessary transition to a low carbon future might take too long.

    Herbert Schmalstieg, President of the Union of Socialist Local and Regional Representatives in Europe, who had been Mayor of the city of Hannover for 34 years, stressed how important citizens’ involvement is for climate change policy. He emphasised the importance of cities – where more than 50 percent of Europe’s population live – and outlined a number of examples how this can be... read more

    Tags: climate change, CO2, council, environment, nuclear energy, tax

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