Brussels, 09/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - The Socialist Group at the EP, through its leader Martin Schulz, has strongly criticised the reaction of EU Taxation Commissioner Algirdas Šemeta to the request made on 8 March by a large majority of MEPs for a tax on financial transactions (TFT) to be introduced at global level or, failing that, at EU level in the meantime (see EUROPE 10331 on the report by Greek Socialist Anni Podimata on innovative sources of finance).
The commissioner said in a...