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I doubt that they will lower the payments from the member states based on this. And if they did, I doubt that the member states will reduce the tax burdens beca
by laut 17y ago
I doubt that they will lower the payments from the member states based on this. And if they did, I doubt that the member states will reduce the tax burdens because of that.
They have given fines out before. If anyone can point to an example where the tax burden was reduced after a fine, I would like to see it.
- blue1 17y agoAs I understand it, about 65% of the EU budget is paid by the states as a percentage of their Gross National Income. This percentage is decided by the Council (i.e. the member states themselves). So in theory the fine could lighten the burden on the states. However, the 2009 budget of the EU is about 130G EUR, the Intel fine is about 1% of that, and the EU budget is small compared to even a single member state, so the amount per citizen is negligible anyway.