The head of state of BrazilLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva, highlighted the launch of the Alliance against him Hunger and Poverty, and the beginning of discussions for the creation of a tax to the super rich as two of the main achievements of the Brazilian presidency of the G20which symbolically concluded this Tuesday.
The progressive leader highlighted the two initiatives in the speech with which he closed the summit of heads of State and Government of the largest economies on the planet, which took place between Monday and Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro.
Lula He said that just like they did Indonesia in 2022 and India in 2023, and as South Africa expects to do in 2025, Brazil sought this year to promote in the G20 “measures with a concrete impact on people’s lives.”
The Brazilian president mainly highlighted the launch of the Alliance Global against Hunger and Poverty, an initiative of his that was born with 148 founding members, including 82 countries, plus the European Union and the African Union.
“We began an unprecedented debate on the creation of a tax about the super rich“he added Lula.
In the final statement of the summit of Rio, released on Monday, the G20 expressed his support for thetaxation progressive” so that rich pay taxes more effectively and committed to continuing its discussions regarding the Brazilian proposal for the possible creation of a global tax on taxes. super rich.
In a fairly generic statement, the leaders said they were willing to “cooperate to ensure that ultra-high-net-worth individuals pay taxes effectively,” a commitment that will require several years of negotiations before it can be translated into an agreement or a treaty.
Lula He also highlighted in his speech that, after two years in which the divergences of the members of the G20 regarding the war between Russia and Ukraine stopped any progress, “we once again adopted consensual statements in almost all working groups.”
“We place the changes climatic on the agenda of the Ministries of Economy and the Central Banks, and we approved the first multilateral document on bi-economy,” he said Lula when referring to other advances of the G20 under the Brazilian presidency.
He also cited the approval of a guide to improve the effectiveness of the banks multilateral agreements and the voice given to African countries in global discussions on debt.
Lula He also highlighted the creation of a Working Group on the Empowerment of Women and the approval of the Brazilian proposal to create an eighteenth goal of development sustainable intended to promote racial equality
