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From the KPMG press release, the KPMG assessment of all 27 states: Supporting France, Germany and Spain Supporting subject to conditions such as global or EU introduction, and are overall more positive Austria, Belgium, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania and Romania Neutral, divided...

ONLY THREE out of 27 member states in the European Union strongly favour a transaction tax on financial transactions, according to research by KPMG. http://www.accountancyage.com/aa/news/2142700/kpmg-eu-governments-wary-transaction-tax [...]According to KPMG - which has analysed EC...

http://www.expatica.com/ch/news/swiss-news/eu-financial-transaction-tax-madness--cameron_203863.html

[Anders Borg] said Sweden would be willing to listen to a new proposal for a European financial transaction tax if the Commission addressed some of the problems with its existing proposal. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/25/eurozone-sweden-borg-idUSL5E8CP3AG20120125 Sweden's finance...

S&P downgrades French banks The loss of France’s long-cherished triple A sovereign debt status spilt over into its banking sector on Tuesday as Standard & Poor’s cut its long-term ratings for Société Générale and Crédit Agricole, two of the country’s top three banks.[...]...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/24/eu-derivatives-idUSL5E8CO3E620120124

Thorning-Schmidt does sound less firm than before. I hope it's not because of Sarkozy's bullying: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120122/opinion/Denmark-s-EU-presidency-priorities.403337

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120124/local/danish-position-on-financial-transactions-tax-similar-to-malta-s.403716

BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--Luxembourg Finance Minister Luc Frieden said Tuesday implementing a financial transaction tax only in the euro zone is a bad idea. "It's a bad idea because it would have the effect of pushing financial transactions to other European countries where such a tax doesn't...

(google translate) The finance ministers of Germany and France will meet in Paris today for talks on a joint income tax and a tax on transactions. The Minister of Finance Germany and France are now in Paris come together to discuss a common corporate tax and a transaction tax. Wolfgang...

PARIS, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Europe's proposal for a tax on financial transactions would not apply to bonds issues by governments because states need to be able to finance themselves, said France's Finance Minister Francois Baroin on Sunday.[...]...

Good post Robert as always. Here's a start: Stamp duty: its impact and the benefits of its abolition May 2007 http://www.oxera.com/main.aspx?id=5938 Commissioned by the Association of British Insurers (ABI), City of London Corporation, Investment Management Association (IMA) and London...

It seems Merkel has started to see the writing on the wall now. An EU27 FTT is already as dead as a G20 FTT. There isn't going to be enough support for an EZ17 FTT either (it would't surprise me if Merkozy would actually be embarassed by a vote on the subject now). So Merkel is in retreat and...

There are two things here - firstly the detail of any proposal from Germany/Brussels- i.e the scope and rate of tax, and secondly, and WAY more importantly, who will decide UK tax policy in the future. So even if Germany could find a scope and level of stamp duty acceptable to Britain...

Sarkozy Sticks With Transaction Tax Amid Report of Share Levy http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-20/sarkozy-sticks-with-transaction-tax-amid-report-of-share-levy.html

France to abandon unilateral FTT plans and instead apply stock transfer tax, while still pushing for a wider European FTT later, according to the German Handelsblatt: http://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/paris-wagt-keinen-alleingang-bei-finanzsteuer-mehr/6088772.html (google...

Another country - this time Ireland - making it clear they are sick and tired of Merkozy bullying: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0119/breaking7.html?via=mr

Romania will support the introduction of a tax on financial transactions if all EU member states reach an agreement in this sense. http://www.morningnewsbrief.ro/finance-the-economy/romania-will-support-tax-on-financial-transactions/

Czech Republic rejects the introduction of a financial transaction tax in the EU: (google translation from German) Dusseldorf (ots) - Czech Republic rejects the introduction of a financial transaction tax in the EU. "The best way to avoid the disadvantages of a financial transaction tax that...

A fantastic speech by the Danish PM: http://www.theparliament.com/latest-news/article/newsarticle/danish-pm-says-europe-is-on-edge-of-political-catastrophe/