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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10539

26 January 2012
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) ecofin
Ireland and Sweden oppose Tobin tax, Denmark is sceptical

Brussels, 25/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - The Irish and Swedish finance ministers explained their disagreement with the European idea of a financial transactions tax (FTT) at the EU27 Council of Economics and Finance Ministers in Brussels on Tuesday 24 January 2012, a subject to be discussed by EU heads of state at the special European Council in Brussels on Monday 30 January. The two ministers said that a Tobin tax of this nature would damage growth and, if only levied in the EU or the...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
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