The EU levies "unity tax" to hold the winter for winter

The European Union announced on September 14 that it would save the energy crisis in the form of "robbing the rich and the poor", forced EU countries' energy companies to transfer profits and distribute them to consumers- "These companies are earning income they have never imagined. They Even if you dream, you can't think of it. "" But in this era, it is wrong to benefit from the war and rely on consumers to get creative revenue and profits. In this era, profits must be shared and transported to the most needed people. "Feng Draine announced this magnificent plan that day. It is unclear whether it is easier to levy taxes to EU countries by taxes to Russia. However, some comments believe that excessive profit tax is only "symbolic politics." On the 14th, Feng Delin rushed to Kyiv to meet with Ukraine President Zeelianzki after finishing the EU's new energy policy. I don't know if she went to "fire" or "add firewood", but as long as the conflict could not stop, the Europeans were probably difficult to be optimistic this winter.

On September 10, a restaurant owner in Florence, Italy showed his bills when he asked the government for help. The energy cost of this restaurant was three times a year ago. (Agence France -Presse)

"Claim tax" should be in high electricity prices?

According to French TV news reports, on the 14th, Feng Delin published a "League of Love" to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. In addition to the transfer of profits of the compulsory energy company, she also announced the request for member states to restrict the amount of electricity consumption and natural gas usage, and carry out the reform of the power market. She assured Europeans that they can "warm up this winter" and "cope with rising electricity bills."

According to a German TV report on the 14th, Feng Delin said on the same day that in the European Union, the excess profits of the energy company will be removed and re -assigned in the future to reduce the burden on consumers with the rise of energy costs. She expects this measure to bring "more than 140 billion euros" funds, and these funds will also flow to EU member states.

The plan to collect excessive profit taxes for energy companies is the draft legislative case of the European Commission. The European Commission gave it a nice name: "Unity Tax". The draft stipulates that the fossil fuel company should pay 33%of the "solidarity tax" from its 2022 income than the average level of the past three years. In addition, non -natural gas power generation companies that use renewable energy should pay violence taxes for income of 180 euros per MWh, but coal -fired power plants will not include, because their fuel costs have also increased sharply this year. The EU will use these funds to provide energy aid for citizens.

Reuters said that this will restrict the income of generators below half of the current market price. Germany is currently nearly 500 euros per MW.

However, whether the "unity tax" of the European Union can be levied smoothly depends on the results of the EU member states responsible for the energy department's voting voting on September 30. If they agree with this plan, taxation will not only affect natural gas and oil companies, but also affect producers that use renewable energy such as wind, solar energy and hydraulic power.

Reuters said that most of the wind power plants have not obtained unexpected profits from high energy prices because they sell electricity based on fixed price contracts, and many of them are government support plans, which has aroused questions about how much funds for the European Union can raise.

The German "Commercial Daily" commented that excessive profit taxes are "symbolic politics" and will be popular among the people, but their side effects are underestimated and should be aware of the risks and problems involved in such tax levy. This will increase the burden of the enterprise, and the total burden of many enterprises has been close to 50%. The Washington Post also questioned whether the violent taxes of energy companies are wise. For example, taxation may prevent the company from investing in new investment at critical moments. Others are worried that restricting prices will increase demand, thereby exacerbating the problem of insufficient energy supply. The British "Financial Times" states that the EU's proposal is very complicated, "even if there is a political consensus behind it -it is impossible to formulate and implement it in winter."

Anti -epidemic fund has also come to supplement energy

In addition to the unified plan of the European Union, European countries themselves are also formulating an energy emergency plan. Recently, the price of natural gas in the European market has gradually declined after a new record at the end of August. One of the main reasons is that the EU's largest natural gas customer Germany is "filled with" domestic storage facilities earlier. According to Germany " Capital "Weekly reported on the 13th that the filling level has reached 85%. Germany Prime Minister Tzuz said on the 13th that Germany may "be completely independent of Russia's natural gas by the end of next year" because all the necessary natural gas in Germany could be obtained from other countries such as Norway and the United States.

Nevertheless, according to the "Russia today" website reported on the 14th, Berlin is preparing to carry out large -scale energy assistance, and it will even use the new crown pneumonia remedy fund to support domestic power companies. The article quoted German business media reports on the 13th that German plans to allocate tens of billions of euros to provide financial assistance to domestic energy companies that have caused shortages to supply shortages due to the sharp decrease in natural gas imports from Russia. These funds will be extracted from the economic stabilization fund created by the new crown pneumonia.

The catering industry and pottery industry are very impactful

In Italy, many catering merchants have recently exposed the electricity and natural gas costs of thousands or even tens of thousands of euros through media or social networking sites, and said that they have to add energy costs to each order. The Global Times special reporter in Italy has not been in Italy for less than a year. The prices of sunflower seed oil, rice, flour, milk, etc. in supermarkets have risen by more than 20%, of which the sunflower seed oil has increased by more than 60%. According to reporters, the current Italian household electricity price has reached about 5 times that of China's domestic electricity prices. Ansha News Agency reported that the current average energy cost rose to 740 euros per MWh, hitting a record high. Goldman Sachs predicts that by 2023, an Italian family's energy bill may increase to 600 euros per month. According to the European News Network on the 13th, Portugal's ceramic industry is one of the industries with the most impact of energy prices. A monthly gas cost of a pottery company in northern Portugal increased by nearly 4 times, from 300,000 euros per month to nearly 1.5 million euros. At the same time, electricity bills have doubled. "In the past, natural gas and electricity accounted for about 30%of our production costs, and it has now exceeded 55%." The person in charge of the factory said that they have been waiting for support measures for the EU and Portuguese government.

"From Belgian beer, German tomatoes to Swedish bread, the European energy crisis is spreading." Bloomberg reported on the 13th that Russia's tightening of natural gas supply has begun to affect industries other than European public utilities and energy -intensive industries. With the decline in temperature, the overflowing effect of food and beverage prices may increase, forcing companies and consumers to make difficult decisions. ▲

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