Brussels, 06/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - Optimism is in short supply a few days ahead of a ministerial meeting on the financial transactions tax (FTT), which initially aimed to reach agreement on the outlines of this future tax.
The Austrian finance minister, Hans Joerg Schelling, who is informally chairing the talks, seemed on Friday 3 June to be trying to temper expectations.
Reinforced cooperation on the FTT will survive as long as it has nine member states on board; as Estonia has...