At their monthly meeting on Tuesday 21 March, the European finance ministers will mainly discuss taxation matters.
In reduced format on Monday evening, the ten countries that are negotiating the creation of a financial transactions tax (FTT) will meet, theoretically to choose one of the three options to be put before them to mollify Belgian and Slovakian concerns regarding the impact of the tax on pension funds.
According to our information, first option presented to the ministers will be to...