– (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 currency union. Those who deny this call the future of the internal market into question. You talked specifically about VAT but I did not hear you mention t
wo other taxes that have long 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 under tax evasion; it does not feature in y
our docume ...[+++]nt at any rate. Could you comment on this?
- (DE) Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Commissaire Barnier, je salue tout particulièrement cette initiative de la Commission. Il est clair que le marché intérieur ainsi que l'union monétaire exigent une coordination de la politique fiscale. Le nier remet également en cause, à terme, le marché intérieur. Vous venez d'évoquer des éléments spécifiques relatifs à la TVA. J'ai toutefois déploré l'absence de deux autres taxes qui font depuis longtemps l'objet de discussions : la taxe sur les intérêts et la taxation des entreprises.