RELAZIONE INTERLOCUTORIA sulla proposta di regolamento del Consiglio che stabilisce il quadro finanziario pluriennale per il periodo 2028-2034

Presentato da Manon Aubry, Anthony Smith, Damien Carême, Marina Mesure, Arash Saeidi

Aggiunto: 121c. Highlights the fact that, according to Greenpeace, during the first three weeks of the war, from 2 to 23 March 2026, oil producers widened their profit margins, thereby generating excess profits amounting to EUR 81.4 million per day across Europe, including EUR 11.6 million per day in France; notes that refining margins in France rose from EUR 41 per tonne to EUR 160 per tonne between 1 February and 1 March 2026, representing a fourfold increase; further notes that TotalEnergies pursued an aggressive speculative strategy by purchasing in March almost all crude oil cargoes produced in the United Arab Emirates and Oman for loading in May, a transaction which, as oil prices increased, is estimated to have generated EUR 1 billion in profits without creating any added value; recalls that five Member States have called for a windfall tax; calls on the Commission, therefore, to make a new proposal for an own resource based on the permanent taxation of the windfall profits of multinational enterprises in all sectors, especially the energy sector;

Testo come pubblicato dal PE, in inglese. PE783.221v01-00