EU wants new revenue sources

EU Budget Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski will present plans in September for an EU tax that would flow directly into the EU budget. The tabloid paper Bild suggests a reform of spending structures instead: "This proposal from Lewandowski is the latest and most transparent attempt by the EU Commission to detach itself from the burdensome debate, particularly in Germany, about the level of membership contributions. To raise one's own budget on the income side evades any real parliamentary control. Because the EU Parliament has about as much oversight over money as a student council does over grades. Instead of new revenue sources, the EU needs structural reform for its expenditures! For example, why does Brussels need a separate foreign service, with some 2,000 employees? An EU tax? No thanks!"

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