Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-11-20-Speech-3-151"
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This report claims, in its explanatory statement, that dock dues need to be extended for the four French outermost regions as they already suffer particularly serious unemployment. Given that dock dues have existed for 150 years, however, it would appear that it does not actually protect workers against unemployment.
It is in practice an additional consumer tax. It therefore puts a strain on the poorest households.
Furthermore, the fact that income from dock dues is used, in particular, to finance various social aid funds is not mentioned. It is actually the responsibility of the State to provide proper social protection. Instead of forcing the poorest citizens to finance with their own taxes the very funds designed to help them, and paying considerable sums of money to subsidise employers in these regions, including with a view to building yachts for the wealthy, this money should be used to create useful jobs in the public services.
We voted against this report."@en1
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