Brussels, 10/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - Broad consensus emerged at the European Parliament on Monday 9 January at the economic and monetary affairs committee over the idea of a financial transaction tax (FTT) or Tobin tax in the EU, or at least in the eurozone, as the MEPs discussed the draft directive on an FTT unveiled by the European Commission in September 2011 (see EUROPE 10462). Only the spokespersons for the ECR and EFD, the Conservatives and the Right, openly opposed the new...