| 23.01.2013 European Commission allows 11 countries to proceed with Financial Transaction tax plan |
| Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: - The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, gave its accord to 11 member countries to go ahead with a planned Financial Transaction tax (FTT). Germany and France reportedly persuaded Spain, Italy, Belgium, Estonia, Greece, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia and Slovakia to join in, and on Tuesday got a majority of EU states to allow them to proceed wi |