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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11475

26 January 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 22
ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) taxation
Commission has not been notified of desire by Belgium to drop out of FTT

Brussels, 25/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 25 January, the European Commission said that it has not been informed in any way about a desire by Belgium to withdraw from the enhanced cooperation mechanism to introduce a financial transactions tax (FTT).

There were reports in Belgian media over the weekend that the country may decide to drop out of the FTT, following in the wake of Estonia, which dropped out in December (see EUROPE 11448 and 11456). Belgian newspaper L'Echo cites Belgian...