Hi all,
I recently found out that there is something like EU wide petitions and
one of those that are currently going on is asking for "a European
wealth tax to finance the social and climate transition and help
countries hit by climate change."
https://www.tax-the-rich.eu/
I can see a whole range of more abstract debates about the effects of
petitions, of wealth taxes or focus on tax at all, and of course
everyone's welcome to plunge into those.
My goal, in this case, was campaigning and the need for signatures from
all EU member states and so I thought sharing the information with you
might help to reach out beyond borders.
== *The petition* ==
This petition was started, among others, by Marlène Engelhorn (Austria),
a millionaire by inheritance who's giving most of her money away but
would prefer a proper tax, and Thomas Piketty (France).
https://www.tax-the-rich.eu/home#organisers
These petitions need a certain threshold from all member states and
that's really hard to achieve, for obvious reasons. You need active
campaigns in all countries.
Currently some countries have reached the threshold of signatures
(France, Germany), some are close (Belgium, Denmark).
In others it seems hardly anyone knows.
Austria 19,81% of necessary signatures
Bulgaria 0.94%
Croatia 2.48%
Cyprus 1.51%
Czechia 0.91%
Estonia 1,32%
Finland 15,31%
Greece 8.74%
Hungary 3.18%
Ireland 5.64%
Italy 46.39%
Latvia 1.60%
Lithuania 1.99%
Luxembourg 14.68%
Malta 0.85%
Netherlands 36.37%
Poland 1.90%
Portugal 3.49%
Romania 4.06%
Slovakia 22.74%
Slovenia 27.82%
Spain 18.40%
Sweden 8.98%
(20 July 2024)
https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2023/000006_en
Often that's not a lot of signatures that are needed, but then the
population size is sometimes not huge either.
And so, if you think this is a good idea, please spread the news about
this petition in your networks and communities or even families and
neighborhoods!
== *More information* ==
There's information in all languages here
https://eci.ec.europa.eu/038/public/#/screen/home and
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_3741
The proper website in six major languages https://www.tax-the-rich.eu
== *Press coverage* ==
https://elpais.com/economia/2023-06-15/sumar-quiere-mas-impuestos-para-las-grandes-empresas-y-los-ricos-cuanto-pagan-es-mas-o-menos-que-en-europa.html#
https://www.liberation.fr/economie/taxation-des-riches-dans-lue-quand-il-y-a-une-volonte-politique-quand-meme-on-peut-y-arriver-20230607_JUF26EXYRFED7ATJ6WJGBWHADQ/
https://www.labournet.de/politik/eu-politik/wipo-eu/europaeische-buergerinitiative-tax-the-rich-reiche-gerecht-besteuern-klimaschutz-sozial-gestalten/
More detail: https://www.tax-the-rich.eu/home#faq
== *Share* ==
If you like to share on social media, you're very welcome to copy,
adapt, translate these posts:
https://systemli.social/@anneroth/112814974892870580 (EN)
https://systemli.social/@anneroth/112814222600291890 (DE)
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112815159663135608 (someone else in
Spanish)
https://bsky.app/profile/anneroth.bsky.social/post/3kxnyyr75qs23 (EN)
https://bsky.app/profile/anneroth.bsky.social/post/3kxnof3nb2a2d (DE)
https://www.threads.net/@4nneroth/post/C9noeT5M6lU (EN)
https://www.threads.net/@4nneroth/post/C9nKXMdsv-- (DE)
https://x.com/Anne_Roth/status/1814635280608997571 (EN)
If anyone has more talent than me in creating nice graphics for
Instagram and the like: Very welcome.
Cheers,
Anne
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