Text tabled : A7-0288/2011

  Gunnar Hökmark (PPE), in writing. – (SV) At the European Parliament’s sitting in Strasbourg on 14 September, we Swedish Moderate Party members voted in favour of an own-initiative report on an effective raw materials strategy for Europe. The report has no legislative effect, but rather seeks to clarify the European Parliament’s position with regard to access to strategic raw materials. The report contains, among other things, passages concerning the introduction of a tax on water and land use. We Swedish Moderate Party members are against the introduction of such a tax. We believe that tax legislation is a matter for the Member States and should not be decided at EU level.