Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2015-06-08-Speech-1-196-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2015-06-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20150608.13.1-196-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2015-06-08-Speech-1-197-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Louise Bours2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, during the recent UK general election, Mr Cameron said that scrapping the tampon tax would be quite difficult. It is not quite difficult, it is nigh on impossible. The UK is subject to EU rules on VAT which force us to impose a 5% tax on these and many other products. There is nothing anyone can do about it because only the unelected and unaccountable EU Commission can propose or begin to amend legislation. So it does not matter how you vote in elections, you cannot vote for anybody that can actually initiate change to EU law. The only way we are going to get rid of this ridiculous tax is for politicians to start listening to the electorate, decide they will do what is best for their voters, not the project, and leave the EU. Once we leave the EU we can act swiftly, follow in Canada’s footsteps and get rid of this archaic tax on feminine hygiene products."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; CULT (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3 substitute; FEMM (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Louise Bours (EFDD )."1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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