Brussels, 16/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - During the Ecofin Council of 14 February, France gave an update on its plan for a levy on airline tickets as a new source of financing of aid for developing countries. The presentation was designed to show the feasibility and relevance of a tool deemed easy to implement, flexible, dynamic and one which would not see people turn away from air travel but would provide, in France alone, 200 million euro for development. Paris plans to increase the tax on...