Paris, Nov 16 (EFE) .- The European Commission will make "proposals" next year to change the rule of unanimity in decisions on taxation, which blocks many initiatives, on the other with a qualified majority, said its head of Economic and Monetary Affairs, Pierre Moscovici.

In an interview with the French television channel "LCP", Moscovici insisted that "we must change the rule of unanimity" of the States of the European Union (EU) so that there can be "great progress". desire "ardently" tax harmonization in the EU, and recalled that in this regard has already launched the initiative of a common tax base for the calculation of tax societies.

He also expressed his hope that at the Ecofin meeting on December 5 the ministers "adopt a list of credible tax havens, with sanctions strong ".

The head of Economic Affairs said he does not want a Europe of several speeds," but a Europe of variable geometry ", which allows those who want it move faster in its integration.

The European Commissioner and former French Finance Minister was optimistic about the possibility that his country can leave the next spring of the excessive deficit procedure, if it is confirmed that it ends this year at 2.9% of gross domestic product (GDP) and that same figure is anticipated for 2018.

On that point, asked the French authorities to go further in their goals of reducing the red numbers of public accounts so that the public debt can also go down, It represents close to 100% of GDP - it was 99.2% in the second quarter -.

He explained that, if, as is the will of the president, Emmanuel Macron, Paris wants his voice to be more heard in Europe, and in particular in Berlin, "France has to be exemplary in its budget execution", by means of "a deeper and more lasting deficit fall in time".