The need for the EU to accept the proposal submitted by the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to exclude from fiscal calculations the fiscal measures that Member States have taken to support citizens and the use of the additional VAT revenues generated by the unexpected increase in prices to support households and businesses, was underlined by Dimitris Tsiodras in his intervention in the plenary session of the European Parliament.
The MEP and spokesperson for ND’s European parliamentary group stressed that “the number one problem for the citizens of Europe, in all countries, is the increase in the cost of living,” adding that this has been compounded by the sharp rise in fuel prices, which affects every sector, from transport to food production.
He warned that the winter is expected to be difficult and stressed that the European Union must exhaust all means in order to stand by the citizens who are being tested.
Dimitris Tsiodras concluded by stressing that “Serious initiatives with a European stamp are needed. This is not the time for wishes and general exhortations. It is time for bold common solutions.”
What follows is the text of the intervention:
The number one problem for the citizens of Europe, in all countries, is the increase in the cost of living.
To this was added the sharp rise in fuel prices, which affects every sector, from transport to food production.
The winter is expected to be difficult and the European Union must exhaust all means in order to stand by its citizens.
The Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, sent a letter to the President of the Commission, requesting that the temporary measures taken by the parties of the European Union to support their citizens and to use additional VAT revenues generated by the unexpected increase to help households and businesses be excluded from fiscal calculations.
This proposal must be accepted. The European Union must exhaust every margin to support its citizens who are being tested.
Serious initiatives with a European stamp.
This is not the time for wishes and general exhortations. It is time for bold common solutions.