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Some pages ago I questioned whether Austria would specifically support an EZ-only ftt. Unfortunately it seems they do (as do Belgium): http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-08/fekter-reynders-endorse-euro-area-financial-transaction-tax.html This was in November. The statement about...

Germany and France are going hell for leather to fortify Franco-German hegemony in Europe using the euro crisis as smokescreen. Let's hope other countries call their bluff, but it is a deeply worrying trend.

Spain supports French proposal of financial transaction tax Madrid - Spain supports the French proposal of a tax on financial transactions, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Monday at a joint press conference with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. However, it was still necessary to...

What would be the economic impact of the proposed financial transaction tax on the EU? Review of the European Commission’s economic impact assessment by Oxera: http://www.oxera.com/main.aspx?id=10180

Back in September Austria said FTT must include UK - http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3291328&highlight=austrian#post3291328 Has their position definitely changed since then?

From wiki the presidency does indeed have agenda setting powers, although it doesn't describe well what they are. It doesn't seem plausible to me that there isn't some formal procedure for vote timetabling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_the_European_Union : The role of the...

That was what I was wondering earlier. Can Denmark put a binding vote on the agenda now it holds the presidency?

[Finnish PM] Katainen echoed the view of German and Italian leaders by saying he wants a financial transaction tax to be applied to the entire Europe Union, not just the 17 euro zone countries. "It should cover the whole of Europe. From the Finnish point of view, if Sweden is outside, it...

I've had some thoughts about the upcoming EU summit which I'd appreciate comments on. France and Germany have said they will produce their own FTT proposal on January 23 for discussion at the EU summit on January 29. Merkel has called for EU finance ministers to present their ideas and...

Luxembourg Finance Minister Luc Frieden said introducing a financial-transaction tax just for the euro area’s 17 member states would be “risky,” Luxemburger Wort newspaper reported. Frieden said the tax should to be applied by all Group of 20 nations, according to the Luxembourg-based...

Apart from France has any other EZ country explicitly said they'll support an EZ-only FTT?

Merkel Will Struggle to Pass Transaction Tax, Lawmaker Says http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-11/merkel-will-struggle-to-pass-transaction-tax-lawmaker-says.html

Their official line is the same as the government's - i.e. only if it's global. In fact all three main political parties now share this view. The last Labour government under Gordon Brown floated the idea of a global FTT but lost interest after Timothy Geithner made it clear the US wasn't...

New Danish presidency pours cold water on FTT prospects. It's worth reading both these articles: http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/business/news/article_1684768.php/Danish-EU-presidency-very-reluctant-on-financial-transaction-tax http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120110-702670.html

Jan 10 (Reuters) - France is seeking to target bonds and derivatives, as well as stocks, with a planned new tax on financial transactions, Finance Minister Francois Baroin said on Tuesday. President Nicolas Sarkozy's government is keen to push ahead with a so-called "Tobin tax" even without...

Mark Rutte, the prime minister of the Netherlands, said his government was in favor of the introduction of a financial transactions tax on a global level but his country's parliament would debate the introduction of such a levy in the euro zone alone...

Merkel wants EU finance ministers to to deliver a final report on the financial transaction tax by March at the latest. She is also facing resistance from within her own government (the FDP)...

Denmark only supports a global tax http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-09/transaction-tax-probing-cme-danes-on-capital-rules-compliance.html A European Union financial-transaction tax would drive away investment and weaken employment unless a levy was accepted worldwide, said Margrethe...

Tobin tax could cost EU billions http://www.cityam.com/latest-news/tobin-tax-could-cost-eu-billions A EUROPEAN Tobin Tax would knock GDP and end up costing governments billions of euros in lost revenue, accounting firm Ernst &Young will argue today – yet France looks set to press ahead...

Luxembourg PM now appears in favour of FTT. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/debt-crisis-live/8974559/Debt-crisis-live.html 12.20 Jean-Claude Juncker has said the 17 euro-region countries may succeed in imposing a tax on financial transactions. “I would of course like that such a...