The EU Financial Transactions Tax Latest developments

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This is the third in our series of Newsflashes regarding the proposed introduction of a Financial Transactions Tax (FTT) within the EU. Here, we focus on how the debate has developed since December at the level of the EU, including the latest position across the Member States. We provide a brief overview of the proposed French transaction tax and what this might mean for the EU’s proposals. We also look at the political will for introducing some form of FTT.