“Cheap clothes for kids”

3rd December 2011

Law and Justice has demanded that Poland does everything it can to avoid having to hike up VAT on children’s clothes in January.

New regulations passed by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) last year mean that Poland will be forced to raise the VAT such items from its current 8 percent to a much steeper 23 percent.

However the Law and Justice (PiS) leader has stated that the country should do everything in its power to fight this ruling, say reports by TVN.

Joined on stage by various PiS MPs and their young children, Mr Kaczynski said at a press conference, “We are going to demand that the ruling is withdrawn and we need to use every European Union procedure to overturn this unfavourable decision.”

“One of PM Tusk’s main points was that Poland would keep clothes cheap for kids.”

However Civic Platform (PO) MP and economist Pawel Olszewski has dismissed the notion.

“PiS either consciously, or due to a lack of competence, does not realise this is a requirement of the EU. We are simply adapting to EU regulations.”