financial transaction tax Archive - Sven Giegold - Mitglied der Grünen Fraktion im Europaparlament

6. November 2014

France and Germany could agree on a broad Financial Transaction Tax in Friday’s ECOFIN

The Italian Presidency for the Council of member states put the Financial Transaction Tax on the agenda of tomorrows meeting of European Finance ministers. Growing frustration about the length of negotiations among the 11 participating member states let the…

31. Juli 2013

Mixed feelings

The last plenary week in Strasbourg before this year’s summer break was very intensive. This is why I would like to report back to you in a bit more detailed form. We took many important decisions, for example: Latvia’s…

29. November 2012

Finanztransaktionssteuer: Europaparlament macht Weg für die verstärkte Zusammenarbeit frei

Nachdem sich elf Finanzminister beim ECOFIN im Oktober 2012 dazu durchgerungen haben, die Finanztransaktionssteuer (FTT) in verstärkter Zusammenarbeit einzuführen, hat Steuerkommissar Semeta einen entsprechenden Gesetzesvorschlag vorgelegt.(1) Bevor im nächsten Schritt der Rat den Vorschlag annehmen kann, muss das Europaparlament…

23. Oktober 2012

Financial transaction tax: Ball set rolling for FTT coalition of the willing

The Greens | European Free Alliance in the European Parliament PRESS RELEASE – Strasbourg, 23 October 2012 The European Commission today set out proposals for the launch of an enhanced cooperation procedure, with a view to introducing a financial transaction tax…

9. Oktober 2012

Financial transaction tax: Greens hail landmark moment for FTT

Commenting on the announcement that a group of eleven EU member states has agreed to move forward with the implementation of a common financial transaction tax through an ‘enhanced cooperation’ procedure (1), Green economic and finance spokesperson Emilie Turunen…