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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10410

2 July 2011
GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/financial taxation
Barnier - EU right to take initiative

Brussels, 01/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - We know that it is hard and that it will require unanimity among the member states, but “the Europeans are right to make this proposal” for a financial transaction tax (FTT), said European Commissioner for the Single Market Michel Barnier, addressing a small group of journalists on Friday 1st July. “If the Europeans do not take this initiative”, who will, he asked, a reference to the reluctance of the members of the G20, such as the United...

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