Brussels, 27/01/2010 (Agence Europe) - Commissioner-designate for the Internal Market Michel Barnier is in favour of a tax on financial transactions and believes that Europe should be at the forefront of this difficult fight. "The idea of a resource, which in one way or another is attached to global trade, is not a new one. The infamous Tobin tax, which has been proposed, would have affected, or would affect, monetary transactions. Another example is the idea of a tax on banks put forward by...