Unfortunately, the situation of the current Belgian "caretaker" Government may not make it possible to bring forward and apply such Tobin Tax measures. And even if it did ( although I would need some more expert opinion on this ) my current understanding is that the European Commission drafts directives can block or over-rule national or regional decisions. To my current understanding, directives of the European Commission http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_law only need to be approved by the European Council and the European Parliament - not by national governments. To my current understanding, it is not the european parliament which drafts law proposals at a european level. For the European Commission to "consider" to draft or change a directive, there is the "option" to make a petition converging one million signatures. ( under specific conditions - percentages from each country, etc ) And even after such petition asking for writing or modifying a directive, there is no obligation for the commission to follow suit on such request by one million people. /// European Union - Democratic ? 2011/6/29 Michel Bauwens <[email protected]>
strong social support for tobin tax in belgium:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <[email protected]> Date: 2011/6/29 Subject: article trends : 2 Belges sur 3 veulent taxer les transactions financières To: [email protected], [email protected]
2 Belges sur 3 veulent taxer les transactions financières
http://trends.rnews.be/fr/economie/actualite/banque-et-finance/2-belges-sur-...
lundi 27 juin 2011 à 16h58
*67 % des Belges sont favorables à l'introduction d'une taxe sur les transactions financières, selon un sondage Eurobaromètre publié par le Parlement européen. C’est plus que la moyenne de l’UE*
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