The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) proposing a tax on great wealth—launched by MEP Aurore Lalucq (S&D, French), President of the Belgian Socialist Party Paul Magnette, economists, millionaires, and non-governmental organisations—collected more than 100,000 signatures in January (see EUROPE B13244A21).
Launched in June 2023, it needs to collect at least one million signatures from at least seven Member States within one year in order to result in a legislative proposal by...