March 30, 2012
European Finance Ministers are meeting in Copenhagen today and tomorrow to discuss the possibility of introducing a tax on financial transactions. Some journalists appear to be insisting that the prospects for such a tax are fading or even doomed, but this is not the case. Hopes for a financial transaction tax (FTT) are not dead.… » read more
Posted by Oxfam International EU Advocacy
March 12, 2012
Over 70 organisations have urged the Danish EU Presidency to speed up negotiations on a financial transaction tax (FTT) in a letter sent ahead of tomorrow’s EU Finance Ministers meeting, where an EU FTT will be up for discussion. Signatories want to see EU finance ministers take concrete steps towards a decision on the FTT… » read more
Posted by Oxfam International EU Advocacy
Oxfam International’s European Union office in Brussels works to influence key decision-makers to ensure that EU policies affecting poor countries have a far reaching, positive impact on the lives of those most in need.
