Brussels, 04/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 2 February, MEPs on the parliamentary economic and monetary affairs committee threw out the draft advisory report of Ieke van den Burg (PES, Netherlands) on the draft directive for reduced value added tax (VAT) rates. MEPs from the EPP-ED and ALDE voted against the text that the parliamentary committee had just amended, but for different reasons. The Christian Democrats did not appreciate the fact that the amendment submitted by their...