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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10480
SPECIAL EDITION - EUROPEAN COUNCIL AND MEETING OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE EUROZONE OF 2 / (ae) european council

Reflection on financial transaction tax

Brussels, 23/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - France and Germany reminded all their European partners of their desire to set in place a tax on financial transactions. The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, stressed this point on Sunday 23 October, after the European Council that covered, among other things, the preparation of the G20 summit in Cannes (3-4 November). In its conclusions, the European Council stated that it was necessary to reflect upon the establishment of a worldwide financial...