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Tax on financial transactions: easy to design, difficult to implement French government report on behalf of the European Affairs Committee, filed December 21, 2012 for the French Senate http://www.senat.fr/rap/r12-259/r12-259.html Report appears to be critical of the extra-territorial...

"poland (27). who knows really." If they vote solely on this issue then they'll probably vote no, but if they vote with a view to a wider context then who knows, as you say... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20717943

Lithuania to Join EU Financial-Transaction Tax http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-12-14/lithuania-to-join-eu-financial-transaction-tax-butkevicius-says

(Google translation) Tax on financial transactions: Italy postpones introduction The Italian government on Thursday revised terms of a future tax on financial transactions, raising its rate for stock trading but postponing its decision for the tax rate derivative transactions. Following an...

(Google translation) Romania supports efforts to create an EU bank unions and the strengthening governance in the euro area, but believes that it should not be detrimental to countries outside the euro area, and will agree to a tax on financial transactions. Tax on financial transactions...

Price Bill Would Stop EU FTT Enforcement In US http://www.tax-news.com/news/Price_Bill_Would_Stop_EU_FTT_Enforcement_In_US____58616.html

To answer my own question...possibly 13-14 December 2012 - http://www.pwc.be/en/financial-services-newsalert/2012/eu-finance-minister-consider-green-light-enhanced-cooperation-financial-transaction-tax.jhtml

European Commission MEMO Brussels, 3 December 2012 Preparation of Economic and Finance Ministers Council, Brussels, 4 December 2012 [...] Financial Transaction Tax (ET) The Council is expected to hold a debate on the Commission's proposal to authorise going forward with a...

EU Moves Ahead With Transaction Tax in Rejecting U.K. Changes http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-03/eu-moves-ahead-with-transaction-tax-in-rejecting-u-k-changes.html This is an interesting development. There were 10 objecting countries which is encouraging for the upcoming QMV...

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/11/30/french-stock-trading-tax-to-hit-american-investors/?mod=WSJBlog

Finland steers clear of financial transaction tax Finland has decided that it will not join a group of eleven other European Union states that have signed up to be at the forefront of preparing a financial transaction tax[...]...

In case that link leads to a log in page, here is full article: Tax adviser to the French finance minister tells Risk the country's authorities will act on "tax evasion through synthetic instruments" if necessary, as cash equity volumes fall The French government has warned it could take...

France warns on use of derivatives to evade new transaction tax http://www.risk.net/risk-magazine/news/2227784/france-warns-on-use-of-derivatives-to-evade-new-transaction-tax

Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of Canada, has been named as the new Governor of the Bank of England, to take over from Mervyn King next year: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/9703302/Canadian-central-bank-chief-Mark-Carney-named-as-new-Bank-of-England-Governor.html This...

(Google translation) "Before 2016, I would not set a financial transaction tax in the budget", Michael Sell, the tax department said the Federal Ministry of Finance, at a meeting of Wirtschaftsprüfgesellschaft Ernst & Young in London. The reports the Business Week. According Sell indeed...

Do you have the url? I couldn't find the original article.

(Google translation) EU Commission wants to prevent legal tax avoidance The European Commission wants to take action against alleged that companies and wealthy citizens escape by moving within the EU taxation. The EU Member States should include an "anti-abuse clause" in their national tax...

Currencies are not included in the proposal (although currency derivatives are). According to http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2011/09/28/the-european-financial-transactions-tax-an-interesting-detail/ ,this is because it would contravene the free movement of capital - a cornerstone of...

Financial Transaction Taxes: International Experiences, Issues and Feasibility Bank of Canada Review. Autumn 2012 http://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/boc-review-autumn12-pomeranets.pdf

French Transaction Tax Misses Mark as Speculators Find Loopholes http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-11-14/french-transaction-tax-misses-mark-as-speculators-find-loopholes