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"Madam President, I voted in favour of this report because I think that value-added tax is very much a European tax. We should remember that, on this point, we really do need flexibility for the Member States. It is very important to remember that we should not, incidentally, start to bring taxation more into line with other Member States. Instead, each Member State should – as any independent country should – have the right to decide its own fiscal and economic policy, even if we have a system of open coordination within our internal market.
A particular concern that I would like to raise, and which this report certainly refers to, but which should be emphasised more strongly, relates to voluntary work. Voluntary work, in whatever form, should not be liable to VAT or any other tax. We need people who are prepared to work for different NGOs, not-for-profit organisations, sports clubs, and so on. They are worth their weight in gold and important for us in European civil society. Therefore, it is particularly important to ensure that voluntary work, sports clubs and those active in civil society are not subject to any form of tax."@en1
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