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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10524

5 January 2012
ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) taxation
Financial transaction tax in place before end of year?

Brussels, 04/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - A financial transaction tax (FTT) “will be in place before the end of 2012”, stated French European Affairs Minister Jean Léonetti on Wednesday 4 January. He said that this measure would be “on the agenda of the next European summit” (on 30 January). “Already we have Germany and France who support such a move. It is my understanding that the new Italian government, with whom we have been in contact, is not against it. 26 countries out of 27 -...