Civil society call on the Irish Finance Minister to put the issue of fossil fuel profit taxation on the agenda of the next Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) meeting on 18-19 September, as already requested by six Member States: Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland, Spain and Portugal.

• Civil Society actors warn that new measures announced today will undermine fair taxation by slashing anti-abuse rules and make a bad EU tax system even worse 

• By sticking to the flawed transfer pricing system, the European Commission fails to propose any fundamental reforms that could have led to real simplification and improvements 

• As the EU seems to have given up on modernising the archaic international tax rules, the negotiation of a new UN Tax Convention is the viable path towards a fair, coherent and effective system

Campaigners staged a stunt outside the European Council calling on leaders to tax fossil fuel companies

By Jean Saldanha, Director of the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) and Lidy Nacpil, Coordinator of the Asian People’s Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD)

#UNTaxConvention #TaxJustice #DebtJustice #MakePollutersPay #GlobalGateway #GenderJustice #EraOfJustice

The UN Tax Convention has the potential to become a trillion-dollar treaty that can crack down on tax havens and boost public financing for development and environmental protection around the world. This is also a historic opportunity to reduce inequalities – both within and between countries.

#Aid #UNTaxConvention #TaxJustice #CancelTheDebt #DebtJustice #EndAusterity #EraOfJustice

In a world increasingly marked by self-interest and the dominance of power over principle, it is hard to be optimistic. However, our collective struggles last year led to some victories, and 2026 presents plenty of opportunities to overcome this peak era of imperialism.

More than 190 civil society organisations and trade unions signed the response to the draft text.

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