General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 - all sections

Tabled by Manon Aubry, Rima Hassan, Marc Botenga, Leila Chaibi, Arash Saeidi, Anthony Smith, Marina Mesure

Added: 37b. 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 last Oxfam study, the poorest half of people in the Union (181 million adults) had the same share of Europe’s wealth as the richest 0,001% (3,600 adults); recalls that, according to the last Commission Eurobarometer, 65 % of Europeans support the introduction of a tax for the wealthiest individuals; calls, therefore, on the Commission to make a new proposal to introduce a minimum tax of 2 % on the wealth of people with more than EUR 100 million, known as the “Zucman tax”, as a Union own resource, that could raise EUR 67 billion according to the EU tax observatory;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE788.355