Irony and historic reminders. The recent debate between EU finance ministers on the possibility and appropriateness of a "European tax" did not fully convince me. To oppose the project, some ministers used somewhat demagogic arguments, easily swallowed by public opinion, with the aim of, if not definitively, at least for a number of years, burying the whole idea.
The lack of enthusiasm by the people for new taxes, understandable and justified, was cited by several ministers, either...