Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-03-10-Speech-1-062"
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"Madam President, a recent major report on child poverty in Europe showed that almost 19% of our children live below the poverty line, defined as 60% of average per capita income in a given country. There are countries in which the figure is higher. Unfortunately, Poland is one of them.
I therefore welcome the European Commission’s intention to propose a specific programme to combat child poverty. We are conscious of the demographic situation in the European Union. Our families need support in many ways, and poor families are in particular need of help. What, then, are we to think of the high VAT rates on children’s clothing – from 7% to 22% in Poland? In some countries such as the United Kingdom and Ireland, which are by no means the poorest, the rate is zero, and in others, like Luxembourg, it is very low – only 3%.
The governments of these countries have been very far-sighted, but there is a great deal of hypocrisy in the matter. I call on the European Parliament to take action aimed at changing the VAT Directive with respect to children’s clothing and footwear."@en1
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