The never ending story of the failure to introduce a financial transaction tax

Policy Brief

02/10/2017

For more than four years, finance ministers from 10 EU countries have been negotiating the introduction of the financial transaction tax. Today, agreement on this important tax seems to be further off than ever.

By Lisa Mittendrein, sociologist and socio-economist

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Depuis plus de quatre ans, les Ministres des Finances de 10 États de l’UE négocient l’introduction de l’impôt sur les transactions nancières. Aujourd’hui, un accord sur cet impôt important semble plus lointain que jamais.

Par Lisa Mittendrein, sociologue et socioéconomiste

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