Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-11-23-Speech-2-272"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-11-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101123.33.2-272"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-11-23-Speech-2-8932
lpv:speaker	lp:Miguel Portas2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2009-07-14--2012-01-22)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2009-09-16--2012-04-24)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Iran (2009-09-16--2012-04-24)3 vice-chair; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (2009-10-15--2011-07-31)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2009-09-16--2012-04-24)3 substitute; ECON (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 (2010-06-17--2011-06-30)3 unknown; Bloco de Esquerda (2009-07-14--2012-04-24)3 member; BUDG (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with Iraq (2009-09-16--2012-04-24)3
lpv:translated text	"I am voting in favour of this report. Nevertheless, I must point out that the successive postponement of definitive regulation of value added tax (VAT) is symptomatic of the deadlock into which European integration has fallen. Even if the Commission tabled a proposal for revising the VAT system soon, we are all aware that the various Member States’ different interests, as expressed in the Council, will end up blocking a proposal to make rates more uniform. We would do well to remember that, despite being a regressive tax, VAT has been, and continues to be, the emergency tax measure put at the service of the austerity policies imposed by the Council and the Commission. Pressure for the so-called ‘budgetary consolidation’ of the Member States is now a major obstacle to the convergence of VAT rates. If we recall that the suggestion of a ‘European VAT’, put forward by the Commission as a source of income for the Union, was immediately rejected by several Member States, we will have to acknowledge that asking the Commission for ‘a new VAT strategy’ seems to make little sense."@en1

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