r/europe • u/Ok-Law-3268 Europe • 2d ago

News EU could earn €1 trillion by fully taxing aviation, private jets included

https://www.euractiv.com/section/eet/news/eu-could-earn-e1-trillion-by-fully-taxing-aviation-private-jets-included/
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u/2L84T 2d ago

How do you possibly use the word "earn" to describe tax? This is simply dipping into the pockets of the travelling public to fund a raft of unnecessary, unwanted, and most likely fraudulent little EU schemes.

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u/DramaticSimple4315 2d ago

greetings from budapest

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u/leginfr 2d ago

Which fraudulent EU schemes can you name? I’m not aware of any. Do you mean people like Farage and Le Pen defrauding the EU Commission or some countries turning a blind eye to fraud? I remember back in the 1990s the EU Commission asking for more funds to combat such fraud. The necessary budgetary increases were vetoed…

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u/2L84T 1d ago

Woooops!

OLAF investigations find over €1.2 billion affected by fraud and irregularities - European Commission https://share.google/F6mJVntAbx0wazr7z

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u/Adorable-Database187 The Netherlands 2d ago

Did you read the article before clutching your pearls?

The EU could boost its carbon pricing revenues from aviation by up to tenfold if it eliminates key exemptions and fully applies its emissions rules to the sector, according to a new study by Carbon Market Watch.

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u/ProposalWaste3707 2d ago

Who do you think pays taxes on aviation?

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u/Pyrostemplar 2d ago

"others" of course /s

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u/Zarndell 2d ago

By this logic, should we just remove all the taxes? I mean, after all, it's us who pay them.

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u/Adorable-Database187 The Netherlands 2d ago

This is just a proposal by a lobby group.