The report on poverty published in Germany yesterday has also clearly shown that more and more employees need benefits on top of their earned income in order not to slide into poverty and that the disparity between those on high incomes and those who draw as good as no income is becoming ever larger.

In this way, the society polarization would diminish and fair taxation would be achieved and people with low income would be taxed less than those with high and very high income.

In the light of experience it is necessary to change the regime for the fruit and vegetables sector in order to achieve the following objectives: improving the competitiveness and market orientation of the sector so as to contribute to achieving sustainable production that is competitive both on internal and external markets; reducing fluctuations in producers’ income resulting from crises on the market; increasing the consumption of fruit and vegetables in the Community; and continuing the efforts made by the sector to maintain and protect the environment.

Ensure inclusive labour markets for job-seekers and disadvantaged people, women, young people and older people through: active and preventive labour market measures including early identification of needs, job search assistance, guidance through judicious and diversified career choices, inter alia towards the new employment opportunities in the care and environmental protection sectors, and training as part of personalised action plans, provision of social services necessary to support the labour market inclusion of disadvantaged people and contribute to social and territorial cohesion and to the eradication of poverty; and continuous r ...[+++]eview of tax and benefit systems, including the management and conditionality of benefits and reduction of high marginal effective tax rates, with a view to making work pay and to ensuring adequate levels of social security (Integrated guideline No 18).

Ensure open labour markets for job-seekers and disadvantaged people, women, young people and older people, through: active employment measures and preventive measures to combat unemployment , including early identification of needs, action to create new sources of employment in such areas as social services and healthcare, the environment and new technologies, job search assistance, guidance, training and retraining as part of personalised action plans, provision of social services necessary to support the labour market inclusion of disadvantaged people and contribute to social and territorial cohesion and to the eradication of poverty; ...[+++] promoting the development of the cooperative and voluntary sectors and continuous review of tax and benefit systems, including the criteria applied and their management, and reduction of high marginal effective tax rates, with a view to making work pay and to ensuring and sustaining adequate levels of social protection.

Ensure inclusive labour markets for job-seekers and disadvantaged people through: active and preventive labour market measures including early identification of needs, job search assistance, guidance and training as part of personalised action plans, provision of social services necessary to support the labour market inclusion of disadvantaged people and contribute to social and territorial cohesion and to the eradication of poverty; and continuous review of tax and benefit systems, including the management and conditionality of benefits and reduction of high marginal effective tax rates, with a view to making work pay and to ensuring ...[+++] adequate levels of social protection (Integrated guideline No 18).