Brussels, 08/11/2012 (Agence Europe) - The financial transactions tax (FTT) that 11 member states are planning to introduce by means of enhanced cooperation (see EUROPE 10711) “is a dangerous move that might harm Europe's economies rather than help to boost their competitiveness,” says a “euro-realist” foundation, New Directions (allied to the British Conservatives), in a study presented with Swedish free market thinktank Captus in Brussels on Wednesday 7 November.
The study argues...