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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10489

5 November 2011
EUROZONE CRISIS AND G20 / (ae) g20/taxation
Sarkozy announces growing support for a financial tax

Cannes, 04/11/2011 (Agence Europe) -French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday 4 November after the G20 summit in Cannes that many have joined France in its fight for a tax on financial transactions, namely Germany, the European Commission, Spain, Argentina, the African Union, Ethiopia and the Secretary General of the United Nations. He hoped such a tax would see the light of day next year and that most of its proceeds would be used to fund development policies. He explained that three...

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