The issue of capital taxation is getting more pressing both for political and economic reasons. The current tax mix in most countries is highly unfair. While large multinational companies and ultra-rich find ways to avoid paying their fair share, the main burden of taxation falls on workers and the middle class. This further exacerbates income and wealth inequality, leading to economic dysfunction, desperation and anger of people across the EU and globally. The additional urgency for the EU comes from the need to finance its industrial upgrade, the twin transitions and the growing demand for public services, for which new resources are needed. Moreover, a fairer international tax regime and more public resources are needed for development aid to ensure that no one is left behind.
We need to rebalance the tax mix to ease the burden on the workers and middle class and make sure corporates and ultra-rich pay their fair share.
As the new EU legislature is getting pace, the FEPS and the Kalevi Sorsa Foundation, in collaboration with the S&D Group in the European Parliament, organise this seminar to bring momentum to the need to reform wealth and capital income taxation.
Among our confirmed speakers are:
Aurore Lalucq, S&D MEP, Member of the European Parliament and Chair of the ECON Committee
Matthias Ecke, S&D MEP, Member of the European Parliament and Vice-Chair of the FISC Committee
Jonás Fernández, S&D MEP, Member of the European Parliament and S&D ECON Coordinator
Bruno Gonçalves, S&D MEP, Member of the European Parliament and S&D FISC Coordinator
Esther Lynch, General Secretary, ETUC
Quentin Parrinello, Policy Director, EU Tax Observatory
Lauri Finer, Director, Kalevi Sorsa Foundation
Niko Pankka, Head of Public Affairs and Tax Specialist, Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK)
Chiara Putaturo, Tax & Inequality Policy Advisor and Deputy Head of Oxfam EU Office
Elodie Lamer, Journalist, Tax Notes
