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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Members of the
Party have spoken out on several occasions here against the centralisation of the European Union. However, with VAT, we have come to an issue where harmonisation is typically the only solution. It is a very inappropriate message to send to European citizens that while we should all share burdens in this Union, welfare measures are applied disparately. We need only look at how wages in Eastern Europe compare to Western Europe. And if the existence of such a social gap were not enough, VAT in Eastern Europe is essentially several times higher than general turnover tax or value-added tax in Western Europe, or exceeds it by several per cent.
Hungary, for example, envisions a record VAT hike. The government will break a record in austerity measures by raising VAT in Hungary to 27%, which will put an unprecedented burden on citizens, even more so if we consider that wages are but a fraction of those in Western Europe. It would be high time for the European Union to intervene in such austerity measures and prevent them from happening. The European Union should not only step up in various abstract issues, but should also guard the sense of wellbeing of citizens."@en1
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