10. Stresses the fact that achieving
sustainable public finances requires not just responsible spending but also adequate and socially just taxation. In that perspective, calls on the Commission to propose a set of measures to help Member States to restore the equilibrium of public accounts and to finance public investment though Eurobonds, EU financial transactions tax, green taxes, a progressive bank levy, automatic exchange of information an
d fight against tax havens. It should also help the Member states to move away from tax comp
...[+++]etition towards tax cooperation including a timetable for the introduction of a common consolidated tax base for corporate profits and a mechanism to ensure a minimum coordination of corporate tax rates on a similar basis to that which is currently in place for VAT;