I was surprised to discover that Mrs Honeyball, an MEP for the UK Labour Party, is calling for a Commission directive on annual road taxes in the European Union, and on the structure of car purchase tax on the grounds of completing the single market, when the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer is quoted on the front page of today's newspapers as saying'We must explicitly reject old flawed assumptions that a single market should lead inexorably to tax harmonisation, fiscal federalism and then a federal state '.
Kuten kollegani Ari Vatanen on jo asiantuntevasti kuvannut, nykyinen tilanne, jossa niinkin keskeinen kestokulutushyödyke kuin auto on eräs vaikeimmin liikuteltavia esineitä unionin alueella, on täysin kestämätön.