13/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - "What's got into the Belgian Government to put the Tobin tax on the agenda of the informal EcoFin Council of 22 and 23 September?" wonders Luxembourg MEP Astrid Lulling (EPP) in a press release. Ms. Lulling expresses bewilderment at this initiative, whereas the tax is very controversial and neither Guy Verhofstadt, nor Didier Reynders seem so far to have been in favour. The parliamentarian recalls that this tax on exchange operations aimed at slowing down...