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cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/2312726

We need taxes for all - also the super-rich.

"Tax the rich" is an official EU petition. The EU Parliament has to deal with it when successful.

7 EU countries must reach the quorum Check yours in the chart and share!

The petition calls for the introduction of a wealth tax on very large fortunes. Sign now

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[โ€“] SkavarSharraddas@gehirneimer.de 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's a stupid chart. The "100%" implies that those countries are "done", while the petition needs at least 1.000.000 participants (regardless of their country) and it's missing over 700.000 to reach the goal.

[โ€“] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But it also needs a minimum of countries (I think seven) to go over 100 % and only the votes of those countries which actually go over 100 % are counted.

"To be successful, a European citizens' initiative has to reach one million statements of support as well as minimum thresholds in at least 7 countries."

Sounds to me like all votes count, but only if it goes over 1.000.000. And that is the big hurdle here, if you multiply the current votes by 4 to get over a million you automatically have seven countries over the threshold.