Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-09-24-Speech-3-433"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-09-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VAT on insurance and financial services (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"mt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080924.35.3-433"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-09-24-Speech-3-4342
lpv:speaker	lp:David Casa2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ECON (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partit Nazzjonalista (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; PECH (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-05-10--2009-02-04)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-05-23--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"The report we have before us is particularly significant, especially when you consider that in the last few years the economy has taken a slightly different turn from previous years. Without doubt, this report aims to better reflect the current situation. That is why it is important to guarantee the legal basis so that the companies concerned can operate with less bureaucracy, as the rapporteur rightly pointed out. This could be achieved by removing the anomalies in the current law regulating VAT on financial services: a law that has been in existence for the last 30 years and is not clear enough. This is a report that will help as much as possible to provide more stability and we must ensure as far as possible that all the countries are harmonised with regard to the applicable rates to reduce discrepancies as much as possible. It has long been felt that there is a need for change in this situation and I think that the rapporteur was right when, while keeping in mind the need to simplify the work for financial companies, he also took care – and I think that this is the most important thing – to ensure that consumers would benefit from this proposed change. Today is the last day that my fellow Member from Malta will attend this plenary and I think that I too would like to wish him well in his work in the coming years. He has gained four years’ experience in this Parliament, and this experience has, I believe, transformed his character from that of a politician who did not really believe in the European Union and the benefits it could offer Malta, to that of one who, through this report, has shown us that he truly believes that from here we can change politics not only in our own country, but also in the European Union. Today we have a transformation that I would like him to take back to my country because I believe that the experience he has gained in this Parliament can be taken back to my country and the way we do politics there can resemble the way we work in this Parliament: that is, the national interest remains important, as well as the interest of the European Union, because today we form part of it. I wish him well in his work, I wish him success in his role as leader of the opposition; I am not going to say I hope he has a long career as leader of the opposition, because I do not think that that is the way I should talk about my fellow Member, but I hope that he transfers the positive experience gained in this Parliament firstly to his party, and lastly to our country."@en1
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