With energy prices skyrocketing and households being put under increasing financial pressure, MEPs discuss the merits and the most effective way of imposing a windfall tax on energy companies’ profits. In a resolution adopted in May, MEPs called for such a tax in principle.

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

CASTALDO, Fabio Massimo (NI, IT)

Taxation (T2)

TANG, Paul (S&D, NL)

FERBER, Markus (EPP, DE)

BORZAN, Biljana (S&D, HR)

URTASUN, Ernest (Greens/EFA, ES)

EVI, Eleonora (Greens/EFA, IT)

HAJŠEL, Robert (S&D, SK)

KELLEHER, Billy (Renew, IE)

LALUCQ, Aurore (S&D, FR)

ANDROUËT, Mathilde (ID, FR)

BERGKVIST, Erik (S&D, SE)

GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Nicolás (S&D, ES)

BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Isabel (EPP, ES)

VILLUMSEN, Nikolaj (The Left, DK)

PAULUS, Jutta (Greens/EFA, DE)

ANDRESEN, Rasmus (Greens/EFA, DE)

EROGLU, Engin (Renew, DE)

BORCHIA, Paolo (ID, IT)

COMÍN I OLIVERES, Antoni (NI, ES)

GRUFFAT, Claude (Greens/EFA, FR)

Taxing windfall profits of energy companies: MEPs debate

SOUNDBITE (Original), Markus FERBER (EPP, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Aurore LALUCQ (S&amp;D, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Rasmus ANDRESEN (Greens/EFA, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Paolo BORCHIA (ID, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Marc BOTENGA (The Left, BE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Antoni COM&#205;N I OLIVERES (NI, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA (EPP, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Nicol&#225;s GONZ&#193;LEZ CASARES (S&amp;D, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Engin EROGLU (Renew, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ernest URTASUN (Greens/ALE, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Mathilde ANDROU&#203;T (ID, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Nikolaj VILLUMSEN (The Left, DK), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (NI, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Biljana BORZAN (S&amp;D, HR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Eleonora EVI (Greens/EFA, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Robert HAJ&#352;EL (S&amp;D, SK), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Claude GRUFFAT (Greens/EFA, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Paul TANG (S&amp;D, NL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Jutta PAULUS (Greens/EFA, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Erik BERGKVIST (S&amp;D, SE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Manon AUBRY (The Left, FR), Catch the eye

SOUNDBITE (Original), Mick WALLACE (The Left, IE), Catch the eye

SOUNDBITE (Original), Jo&#227;o PIMENTA LOPES (The Left, PT), Catch the eye