– (DE Mr President, Commissioner Barnier, I am extremely pleased that the Commission has produced this initiative. It is clear that there is a need for harmonisation of taxation policy within the internal market and the curren
cy union. Those who deny this call the future of the i
nternal market into question. You talked specifically about VAT but I did not h
ear you mention two other taxes that have lon ...[+++]g been the subject of discussion, i.e. tax on interest and company tax. These are clearly two basic taxes that we are going to have to harmonise in some way. I do not know if you included this und
er tax evasion; it does not feature in your document at any rate. Could you comment on this?
- (DE) Monsieur le Président, Monsieu
r le Commissaire Barnier, je salue tout particulièrement cette initiative de la Commission. Il est clair que le marché in
térieur ainsi que l'union monétaire exigent une coordination de la politique fiscale. Le nier remet également en cause, à terme, l
e marché intérieur. Vous venez d'évoquer des éléments spécifiques relatifs à la TVA. J'ai toutefois d
éploré l'absence de ...[+++]deux autres taxes qui font depuis longtemps l'objet de discussions : la taxe sur les intérêts et la taxation des entreprises.