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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10526

7 January 2012
ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) taxation
Paris wants to press ahead, but Berlin wants wider European backing for FTT

Brussels, 06/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 6 January, France said that it wants a decision to be taken by the end of January (if necessary, by France alone) on the plan for a European financial transaction tax (FTT), but Germany has made it clear that it wants an EU-solution, and is echoed by the European Commission, which calls for a coherent approach among the member states and is hoping for good progress to be made in the first half of the year.

A spokesperson for the German...