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[Euractiv]
Alors que les ministres des finances se rencontrent à Luxembourg aujourd’hui (9 octobre), l’Allemagne et la France tentent de convaincre d’autres pays de l’UE, même ceux en dehors de la zone euro, de les rejoindre pour l’introduction d’une taxe sur les transactions financières (TTF).
Greece, Portugal, Austria, Slovenia and Belgium have all agreed to join Berlin and Paris, and Estonia is expected to sign up today, Reuters reported from the meeting of finance ministers taking place in Luxembourg. But one more country is needed to reach the nine-country threshold to launch an enhanced cooperation procedure, which allows a smaller group of nations to break ranks and move forward on an issue that fails to gather the required majority.
Italy and Spain have toyed with the idea, but appear unlikely to throw their hats into the ring, leaving Germany bidding to attract a country outside the eurozone, which could complicate the process of establishing the contested tax.
Lire : euractiv.com
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