On to the financial transaction taxat least in Europe. These are the intentions of the European Commission, which is working to introduce a Tobin tax as soon as possible. He articulated it today at the press conference EU Commission spokesman Alejandro Ulzurrun. “We have already presented our proposal on the matter, and we will continue to work on it with the Danish presidency” of the European Council, she said. All efforts in this area "are concentrated on reaching an agreement at 27", an agreement therefore "for the entire EU" and not just for the 17 countries of the Eurozone. Ulzurrun says he is "confident" that a final agreement can be found, and in this sense "we obviously welcome the fact that yesterday they discussed it" by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The eventuality of a financial transaction tax is though strongly opposed by Great Britain. British Prime Minister David Cameron explicitly said "no" because such an initiative would especially affect his country. At the moment, however, the European Commission spokesman reiterated, "we are focusing on an agreement that can be reached globally", that is to say for all member countries.
