Zalm denkt aan de verkiezingen.

[Henk Elegeert]

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Marc de Droog wrote:
> REPLY TO: D66 at nic.surfnet.nl
>
> Die wordt alleen maar lager.
>
> Copy/paste: "Het huidige tarief (2005) voor de vennootschapsbelasting in
> Nederland is 27% over de eerste € 22.689, 31,5% over het meerdere. Per 1
> januari 2006 zullen deze tarieven worden verlaagd tot 26 respectievelijk
> 30,5% en per 1 januari 2007 tot 25 respectievelijk 30%."
>
> En vergeet niet dat we recentelijk nog op 35% zaten. Volgens mij is dat al
> voldoende lastenverlichting. Of zou Zalm dit alleen beschouwen als
> noodzakelijk kwaad vanuit het oogpunt van concurrentie in Europa?

Hoezo concurrentie in Europa? We hebben partners in het EU huis gehaald
die niet voldeden aan onze standaards en nu draaien we onze terug tot
hun niveau.


Er dreigt ....

http://euobserver.com/9/20194
"
EU leaders line up for brainstorming on globalisation
27.10.2005 - 09:21 CET | By Honor Mahony

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - EU leaders will gather today (27 October) for a
one-day introspection session on the economic future of the bloc, with
memories of the failed budget summit in June lingering in the background.

As it is an informal meeting, with a very broad agenda and short to
boot, no concrete decisions will be made. And some commentators have
been wondering what, if anything, will be achieved.

But at the very least, EU leaders are likely to try for a show of unity
following months of an EU go-slow and tit-for-tat exchanges between
certain capitals.

The topic the 25 heads of state and government will be tackling is,
broadly, globalisation - the approach to which has a direct effect on
other pressing decisions needed to be taken by the bloc - including how
its next budget will be spent and the shape of certain crucial internal
market legislation, currently in the pipelines.

"How do we meet the competitive challenge and maintain the security of
our citizens in a world of unprecedented movement?", British leader Tony
Blair asked in his invitation letter to the summit.

The emergence of the globalisation debate
The whole globalisation debate was thrown into sharp relief in recent
months finding its ultimate expression when French voters rejected the
EU constitution in May.

A predominant fear, surveys showed afterwards, was that the document
could expose them to Anglo-Saxon neo-liberalism, endangering jobs.

The polarising debate was also clearly evident in the summer saga over
the importation of Chinese textiles to the EU.

Countries with traditionally important large textile industries, such as
France and Italy, demanded support for their producers as Chinese
clothes started to flood the EU.

Other member states lamented a return to protectionism when Brussels
negotiated a quotas deal.

Although France and Britain’s leaders appear to encapsulate what is seen
as two fundamentally different views of what the EU should be –
particularly when they fell out in June over the EU budget - it is not
entirely a Paris-London debate.

No middle ground
The protectionism/free market discussion has been rumbling on to various
degrees ever since the current commission came to office in autumn last
year.

With commission president Jose Manuel Barroso having promised that his
time at the helm of the EU executive will be a pro-business,
job-creating one, virtually not a day goes by without an accusation from
left-leaning politicians that he is forsaking the European Social Model.

But the problem is no one agrees on what exactly the European Social
Model is or should look like in the future.

Those arguing for change say that its general characteristics, such as
high tax, big government, and tendency to protectionism must be adapted
to suit a highly integrated, information technology world.

Those favouring the European social model tend to argue that strong
protection for workers plus a high-level of solidarity is what makes
Europe stand out as a place to live and work.

The rhetoric has yet to find some sort of middle ground.

Some signs of hope?
However, most EU leaders are aware that with the emergence of China and
India on the economic scene and the poor performance of its largest
member states - particularly France and Germany - the EU will have to
find a regional response to globalisation if it is to compete on the
world stage.

Before the summit there were some hopeful signs that the EU would
attempt to create something of substance from the meeting – particularly
as Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac each made conciliatory political
overtures on Wednesday.

Mr Blair on Wednesday publicly backed the idea for a fund to help EU
citizens affected by globalisation while the French president admitted
that "Europe cannot stand still while its competitors forge ahead".
"

De 3% regel is een/het instrument geworden om de sociale verworvenheden
terug te draaien.

Henk Elegeert

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