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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10652
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ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) taxation

Luxembourg will not yet join Tobin tax plans

Brussels, 10/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - Briefing the Luxembourg parliament on the outcome of the European Summit of 28 and 29 June 2012, the Luxembourg prime minister, Jean-Claude Juncker, said on 3 July that Luxembourg would not be joining the “enhanced cooperation” to create a financial transactions tax (FTT) in the eurozone among eleven countries (including France and Germany, see EUROPE 10645 and 10640) because of the danger of financial companies upping sticks and moving out of...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU must take heed of developments taking place in south of Mediterranean and waning of Arab Spring in face of political Islam
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) EUROGROUP: Spain to get €30 billion this month
(AE) EUROGROUP: Greece on agenda of September meeting
(AE) EUROGROUP: Cypriot memorandum for September
(AE) EUROGROUP: Slovenia will not need financial assistance
(AE) EUROGROUP: Re-appointed, Juncker will resign before end of mandate
(AE) EUROGROUP: Yves Mersch to join ECB board
(AE) EUROGROUP: Agreement on Ireland expected by October
(AE) EUROGROUP: Putting recent decisions into practice
(AE) EUROGROUP: Klaus Regling of Germany to be head of ESM
(AE) EUROGROUP: Troika planning fifth Portuguese fact-finding mission
(AE) FINANCIAL SERVICES: Several countries criticise crisis management plans
(AE) TAXATION: Luxembourg will not yet join Tobin tax plans
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: Let summer bring counsel on patent
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Sweden acts on illegal wolf hunting
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: EEB criteria for assessing Cypriot Presidency
(AE) INNOVATION: Partnership for smart cities and communities
(AE) TRANSPORT: Airspace blocks - MEPs expect more from Commission
(AE) SPACE: EGNOS is launched - committee vote on GNSS budget
(AE) INFRASTRUCTURE: Council's formal approval of project bonds
EDUCATION - CULTURE - SPORT
(AE) EDUCATION/CULTURE/YOUTH/SPORT: Cypriot Presidency priorities
(AE) EDUCATION: EIB loan to Irish schools
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) CHINA: Brussels and Beijing want dialogue on defence and security
(AE) CHINA: Rare earths - Beijing does not want WTO special group
(AE) UKRAINE: Jacek Saryusz says EU must go further on visas
(AE) RUSSIA: Ashton concerned by law on NGOs but does not condemn it
(AE) LIBYA: European Parliament welcomes good management of elections
(AE) MONGOLIA:
(AE) AFGHANISTAN:
(AE) DEVELOPMENT: No question of cutting on development in draft budget
(AE) DEVELOPMENT: €23 million from EU for female contraception
(AE) TUNISIA: Cautious European financial support
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) ROMANIA: Victor Ponta must provide clarification
(AE) CYPRUS: Turkish Cypriots want EU to be more active in reunification