Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-02-19-Speech-4-018"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-02-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Reduced rates of value added tax (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090219.3.4-018"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-02-19-Speech-4-0192
lpv:speaker	lp:Joel Hasse Ferreira2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Socialista (2005-03-12--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2005-04-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2005-04-13--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2005-04-13--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2005-03-12--2009-07-13)3 member; EMPL (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; IMCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"The interest in adopting this proposal for a directive essentially lies in how it can help to invigorate local economies and support social action. The application of a reduced rate of VAT will be very important in the housing sector, both in construction and in renovation, as it will allow Member States which adopt it to reduce the cost to the end user. The provision of local services, particularly by small enterprises, may also benefit from this reduction in the VAT rate, thus securing and generating more and better jobs by encouraging the consumption of goods and services, and thus stimulating the economy itself. Restaurant services, which are fundamental to the smooth functioning of local economies, and increased tourism may in this way gain a great deal at the local level from this reduction in the VAT rate. These services, ladies and gentlemen, should not circulate within the European internal market, which will help to reduce the reservations of certain Member States, already expressed within the Council. As a result, I cannot agree with extending this reduced rate to equipment, whatever the pretext. The prudent way in which this proposal must be dealt with in the European Parliament should not give governments which have reservations about the European Commission’s proposal any pretext to use, in practice, the right of veto afforded to them on tax matters by European legislation. As a result, Parliament must prudently reject any amendments without any real purpose which will only hinder the adoption of the text. As has already been said in this House, not only is the very best the enemy of the good, but the person who wants it all may lose it all. This proposal for a directive is important not only for strengthening local economies, but also to meet the repeatedly expressed ambitions of various Member States. Let us therefore support the Commission’s proposal, as presented. This was in fact the outcome of the vote, with my agreement, in the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. I welcome the work of the rapporteurs and call for the adoption of this proposal in the exact terms in which it came from the Commission and in which it was adopted in the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection."@en1
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