<nettime> EU wealth tax petition

[Anne Roth via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>]

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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