Reding: Governments should have no veto on taxation

Report of comments made by EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding at a debate with citizens in Berlin, 10 November 2012.

EUObserver reported that she suggested that EU Member States should take decisions by majority voting, including in sensitive areas like taxation, instead of having a veto right capable of blocking attempts to harmonise rules across the EU.

EUObserver also suggested that Reding is one of the names floated for the Presidency of the EU Commission, when it comes up for grabs in 2014.

• Primary Source

Blog: Reuniting Europe, 13.11.12: Verhofstadt still N.1 choice to succeed Barroso http://reuniting-europe.blogactiv.eu/2012/11/13/verhofstadt-still-n-1-choice-to-succeed-barrosois/

Burson-Marsteller: The 2010-2014 European Commission Mid-Term Review, November 2012 http://burson-marsteller.be/2012/11/the-2010-2014-european-commission-mid-term-review/

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