30/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - MEPs of the CDU-CSU with Ingo Friedrich at their head held a meeting with the representatives of the German and European taxpayers associations. A press release by Mr Friedrich indicates that, on this occasion, the "proposal by German Commissioner Schreyer to introduce an EU tax came up against unanimous refusal". In his view, "the introduction of such a new tax would certainly entail a greater tax burden for the European citizens, as all past experience teaches us that such changes are never neutral". Those taking part in the exchange of views (including, on the taxpayers' side, Karl-Heinz Däke, Dieter Lau, Rolf Baron von Hohenhau, Michael Jäger, Rudolf Maier and Walter Krupp) unanimously hoped for more specific sharing of powers in this field, a theme on which Bund der Steuerzähler requested a study from Professor Joachim Jens Hesse. The participants decided to hold these meetings regularly in the future.