European Parliament
Alexandra Thein  (ALDE ),
in writing.
(DE)
I spoke against the report because two amendments tabled by the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe did not receive a majority in plenary. Firstly, the ALDE Group wanted to ensure that alternative concepts for the taxation of financial transactions were also considered, and secondly, we reject the idea of embarking on such an important project merely on the basis of enhanced cooperation – in other words, in an extreme case with just nine Member States.

