Brussels, 22/01/2013 (Agence Europe) -Meeting in Brussels for an ECOFIN Council on Tuesday 22 January 2013, EU finance ministers gave the go-ahead for the launch of enhanced cooperation by 11 member states (Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia and Slovakia) to introduce a financial transactions tax (FTT) along the lines of the one unveiled by the European Commission in September 2011.
Irish finance minister Michael Noonan, who chaired the...