Brussels, 11/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - The Socialists at the European Parliament (EP) urge the member states to go ahead with the introduction of a financial transactions tax (FTT) in eleven countries despite the objections voiced by Council of Ministers' legal experts and their disagreement with European Commission experts (see EUROPE 10918).
The head of the S&D Group at the EP, Hannes Swoboda (Austria), and the EP chief negotiator on the FTT, Greek MEP Anni Podimata, say that national...