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27 mei 2008, 20:07
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday proposed suspending the European value-added tax on oil to help countries deal with the soaring price.
"I want to ask the question to our European partners: if oil continues to increase, should we not suspend the VAT taxation on the price of oil," Sarkozy said in a radio interview.
He spoke as French fishermen kept up protests over high fuel costs launched three weeks ago and Spanish fleets went on strike to press demands for government compensation.
French consumers pay about 19.6 percent European VAT on the price of oil, which Sarkozy said had doubled since he took office last year to reach more than 130 dollars per barrel.
Sarkozy suggested that EU leaders could set a cap on the tax, based on the barrel price.
"It is out of the question to promise this, because naturally, I can't decide it on my own," he added.
"But I gather that France is not the only country confronted by the rise in the price of oil."
France is to take the helm of the 27-nation European Union in July.
"I am saying to the French people, oil is going to continue to increase," the president added.
http://www.france24.com/en/20080527-sarkozy-suspension-european-vat-oil-france-petrol-valued-added-tax&navi=MONDE
Snel wat voordelen: burgers zullen minder moeten betalen en hun koopkracht minder snel zien uithollen; brandstofgevoelige sectoren zullen minder snel failliet gaan; de private economie en bedrijven zullen minder snel wegzinken als gevolg van de record-olieprijzen; de recessie zal iets lichter wegen.
Snel wat nadelen: de Staat zal minder kunnen uitgeven aan belangrijke publieke diensten en goederen die zeker zo belangrijk zijn voor het garanderen van de mobiliteit (wegenonderhoud en bouw, etc...), en zal minder kunnen investeren in lange-termijnoplossingen (zoals electrisch transport, openbaar vervoer, volgende generatie biobrandstoffen, etc...). De burger zal minder betalen voor brandstof, maar zal daarom ook minder snel aangezet worden om minder te rijden of over te schakelen naar efficiëntere voertuigen of openbaar vervoer.
Mmm, Sarkozy's idee wordt maar lauw ontvangen in Europa.
"I want to ask the question to our European partners: if oil continues to increase, should we not suspend the VAT taxation on the price of oil," Sarkozy said in a radio interview.
He spoke as French fishermen kept up protests over high fuel costs launched three weeks ago and Spanish fleets went on strike to press demands for government compensation.
French consumers pay about 19.6 percent European VAT on the price of oil, which Sarkozy said had doubled since he took office last year to reach more than 130 dollars per barrel.
Sarkozy suggested that EU leaders could set a cap on the tax, based on the barrel price.
"It is out of the question to promise this, because naturally, I can't decide it on my own," he added.
"But I gather that France is not the only country confronted by the rise in the price of oil."
France is to take the helm of the 27-nation European Union in July.
"I am saying to the French people, oil is going to continue to increase," the president added.
http://www.france24.com/en/20080527-sarkozy-suspension-european-vat-oil-france-petrol-valued-added-tax&navi=MONDE
Snel wat voordelen: burgers zullen minder moeten betalen en hun koopkracht minder snel zien uithollen; brandstofgevoelige sectoren zullen minder snel failliet gaan; de private economie en bedrijven zullen minder snel wegzinken als gevolg van de record-olieprijzen; de recessie zal iets lichter wegen.
Snel wat nadelen: de Staat zal minder kunnen uitgeven aan belangrijke publieke diensten en goederen die zeker zo belangrijk zijn voor het garanderen van de mobiliteit (wegenonderhoud en bouw, etc...), en zal minder kunnen investeren in lange-termijnoplossingen (zoals electrisch transport, openbaar vervoer, volgende generatie biobrandstoffen, etc...). De burger zal minder betalen voor brandstof, maar zal daarom ook minder snel aangezet worden om minder te rijden of over te schakelen naar efficiëntere voertuigen of openbaar vervoer.
Mmm, Sarkozy's idee wordt maar lauw ontvangen in Europa.