The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is holding the last plenary session of its current five-year term in Brussels on 16–17 September, where it is expected to discuss proposals for a new European environmental tax, which would be based on taxing how much energy is consumed and CO2 emitted in the production process of a good.
In proposing the tax, the EESC stated that currently the EU budget is largely made up of member state contributions, and that it was contributing to the work of a high level group chaired by former Italian prime minister Mario Monti, which has been tasked with preparing a change to this and make a step towards genuine EU own resources.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is holding the last plenary session of its current five-year term in Brussels on 16–17 September, where it is expected to discuss proposals for a new European environmental tax, which would be based on taxing how much energy is consumed and CO2 emitted in the production process of a good.
In proposing the tax, the EESC stated that currently the EU budget is largely made up of member state contributions, and that it was contributing to the work of a high level group chaired by former Italian prime minister Mario Monti, which has been tasked with preparing a change to this and make a step towards genuine EU own resources.
