Brussels, 12/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - The British representative at the G7 finance ministers meeting in Marseilles repeated his “scepticism” on Monday 12 September over a financial transactions tax (FTT) that applies only within the EU, as advocated by France and Germany in their draft proposals sent to the European Commission on Friday 9 September (see EUROPE 10449).
This merely confirms the view expressed previously by the UK government following the Merkel-Sarkozy summit on 16...