The discussion on the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) in the EU Council Working Party on Tax Questions, on Wednesday 24 February, did not produce any significant breakthrough and was rather a mere stocktaking exercise.
The Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council had organised this meeting in order to relaunch the discussions among the EU27 to reassess the views of participating and non-participating Member States in light of the current context marked by the Covid-19 pandemic (see EUROPE...