INTERIM REPORT on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down the Multiannual Financial Framework for the years 2028 to 2034

Tabled by Manon Aubry, Anthony Smith, Damien Carême, Marina Mesure, Arash Saeidi

Added: 121a. Recalls that the wealth of the top 0.5 % wealthiest individuals has increased by 35 % over the last 10 years; recalls that, according to the latest Oxfam study, the poorest half of people in the Union (181 million adults) have the same share of Europe’s wealth as the richest 0.001 % (3 600 adults); recalls that, according to the latest Commission Eurobarometer, 65 % of Europeans support the introduction of a tax for the wealthiest individuals; calls on the Commission, therefore, to make a new proposal to introduce a minimum tax of 2 % on the wealth of people owning more than EUR 100 million, known as the ‘Zucman tax’, as an EU own resource, which could raise EUR 67 billion according to the EU tax observatory;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.221v01-00