Maria Assimakopoulou Quotes

"In practice, probably member states, some of them if not all of them, will have to pass laws in national parliaments in order to move from one regime to the other and this can take a certain time."
-Maria Assimakopoulou

"We still hope that Poland will join this agreement."
-Maria Assimakopoulou

"VAT is levied according to national laws, so the nine countries would have to amend their legislation accordingly."
-Maria Assimakopoulou

"The situations is clear ... they have to change the situation and come back to the level of standard VAT."
-Maria Assimakopoulou

"You all know how difficult it is to operate with unanimity."
-Maria Assimakopoulou

"If we have this agreement, everybody is going to gain, including Poland. And if we don't have this agreement, everybody will lose including Poland."
-Maria Assimakopoulou