The finance ministers of the ten countries participating in the enhanced cooperation on financial transactions tax (FTT) did not end up meeting during the evening of Monday 22 May, contrary to what was announced.
It was France that called for the meeting to be postponed. Upon his arrival at the meeting of the 'Economic and Financial Affairs' Council on Tuesday morning, the country's minister of the economy, Bruno Le Maire, explained firstly that the meeting to discuss Greece had been very...