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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10640
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) ecofin

EU27 paves way for enhanced cooperation on Tobin Tax

Brussels, 22/06/2012 (Agence Europe) - Better enhanced cooperation than nothing at all, said EU Taxation Commissioner Algirdas Semeta, expressing the disappointment encountered at the meeting of EU27 finance ministers, in Luxembourg on Friday 22 June, that a financial transaction tax (FTT) cannot be introduced at EU27 level any time soon. Given the state of play in Council of Ministers' discussions, however, it might prove possible to introduce a tax using the enhanced cooperation mechanism...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) EUROGROUP: Spain lodges official request for aid
(AE) EUROGROUP: First €1 billion for Greece, fact-finders in Athens on Monday
(AE) EUROGROUP: IMF urges eurozone to make great leap forward
(AE) EURO: Mini-summit in Rome to strengthen euro
(AE) ECOFIN: Cohesion funding available again for Hungary
(AE) ECOFIN: EU27 paves way for enhanced cooperation on Tobin Tax
(AE) TAXATION: Five countries given written warnings
(AE) GERMANY: Fiscal compact ratification postponed for three weeks
(AE) COMPETITION:
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) AGRICULTURE: US agricultural subsidies three times higher than EU's
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Commission to claw back €426 million from member states
(AE) FOOD SAFETY: Vote on re-introducing animal meal delayed
(AE) ANIMAL HEALTH: Four countries lagging far behind on pregnant sows
(AE) JHA: Malmström hails progress in EU-Turkey relations
(AE) RESEARCH: Universities support Ehler's draft report
(AE) DIGITAL: Reasoned opinion for Estonia over independence of regulator
(AE) WOMEN: Campaign to get more women into scientific careers
(AE) REGIONS: MEPs back Mediterranean macro-region
(AE) REGIONS: Strategy on Atlantic seaboard by 2014
(AE) REGIONS: CoR and UNEP sign memorandum at Rio+20
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Syria, Egypt and Iran on Council agenda
(AE) TRADE: Developing countries need more time on EPAs
(AE) UNITED STATES: Transatlantic partners ambitious on free trade
(AE) TRADE:
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) ICELAND: Three new chapters open but hardest still to come
(AE) ENLARGEMENT: Turkey's accession process comes to a halt
(AE) GENERAL AFFAIRS: Budget - agreement on cohesion and Montenegro
(AE) TRANSPARENCY: Register is one year old - Council now to be represented
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) CJEU: Unfitness for work during paid leave opens right to equivalent time off
(AE) CJEU: Broken seal - advocate general proposes General Court ruling be annulled
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