Capitalism is the most powerful engine for creating wealth ever built. We believe in it. We also believe Europe is failing at the one thing that would make it legitimate — distributing what it produces. A fiscal union is not a radical idea. It is the missing infrastructure.
RdM is built on collective intelligence. Submit a redistribution mechanism, vote on existing proposals, and help shape the lobbying agenda.
+ Submit an idea on GitHub Browse existing ideas →We are not here to tear capitalism down. Markets allocate resources, drive innovation, and lift living standards at a scale no other system has matched. That is not the problem.
The problem is that the wealth capitalism creates does not reach the people who need it. Not because it cannot — but because the infrastructure for redistribution is broken, fragmented, and captured by national interests too small to act at the scale the challenge demands.
Europe has a single market, a single currency, and twenty-seven different social contracts. That is a contradiction we can no longer afford. Healthcare and education are not luxuries. They are the foundation on which every other form of human progress depends — and they should be accessible to every European, regardless of which passport they hold or which postcode they were born into.
RdM exists to build the political will for a European fiscal union — one that funds universal healthcare and universal education across all member states, and that draws on the wealth the continent already creates. We are not waiting for governments to lead. We are building the constituency that will make them follow.
Join us. Propose ideas. Vote. Push.
Markets are the best engine we have for creating wealth. We defend them — and hold them to account. The goal is not less growth. It is better distribution of what growth produces.
Pro-marketTwenty-seven national social contracts cannot solve a continental problem. Europe needs a shared fiscal capacity — the ability to tax, spend, and redistribute at the scale the challenge demands.
Pro-EuropeHealthcare and education are not services. They are infrastructure. Every European, regardless of where they were born or what they earn, deserves unconditional access to both.
Universal accessFive mechanisms. One target. Here is what the numbers say — and what they do not.
| Measure | Conservative | Optimistic | Confidence | Feasibility | Detail |
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| 01 — Financial Transactions Tax 0.1% on shares/bonds · 0.01% on derivatives · EU-wide | €57bn | €100bn |
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Medium | Wiki → |
| 02 — Digital Giants Tax EU-wide DST on Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft | €37bn | €60bn |
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Medium | Wiki → |
| 03 — Asset-Stripping Levy Retroactive tax where acquisitions destroy jobs without reinvestment proof | TBD | TBD |
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Low–Med | Wiki → |
| 04 — Pan-European Wealth Tax 1–2% annual levy on net assets above €10M · EU-wide to prevent capital flight | €50bn | €150bn |
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Low–Med | Wiki → |
| 05 — Redirect EU Structural Funds Reallocate cohesion policy budget with basket-compliance conditionality | €40bn | €56bn |
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High | Wiki → |
| Total (ex Measure 03) | €184bn | €366bn | |||
| Target | €338bn | €338bn | |||
At conservative estimates, four mechanisms raise €184bn against a €338bn target. The gap is real. Closing it is exactly why RdM exists: to build the political will that turns a wide gap into reality.
Full methodology →What is the best mechanism for redistributing wealth across Europe? Propose an idea on GitHub — the community votes with reactions.