Unfortunately, the situation of the current Belgian &quot;caretaker&quot; Government may not make it possible to bring forward and apply such Tobin Tax measures.<div><br></div><div>And even if it did</div><div>( although I would need some more expert opinion on this )</div>
<div>my current understanding is that </div><div><br></div><div>the European Commission drafts directives can block or over-rule national or regional decisions.</div><div><br></div><div>To my current understanding, directives of the European Commission</div>
<div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_law">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_law</a></div><div><br></div><div>
only need to be approved by the European Council and the European Parliament - not by national governments.</div><div><br></div><div>To my current understanding, it is not the european parliament which drafts law proposals at a european level.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For the European Commission to &quot;consider&quot; to draft or change a directive,</div><div>there is the &quot;option&quot; to make a petition converging one million signatures. ( under specific conditions - percentages from each country, etc )</div>
<div><br></div><div>And even after such petition asking for writing or modifying a directive,</div><div>there is no obligation for the commission to follow suit on such request by one million people.</div><div><br></div><div>
///</div><div><br></div><div>European Union - Democratic ?</div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/6/29 Michel Bauwens <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">strong social support for tobin tax in belgium:<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Dante-Gabryell Monson</b> <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com" target="_blank">dante.monson@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br>
Date: 2011/6/29<br>Subject: article trends : 2 Belges sur 3 veulent taxer les transactions financières<br>To: <a href="mailto:gtmonnaie@gtmonnaie.be" target="_blank">gtmonnaie@gtmonnaie.be</a>, <a href="mailto:econowmix@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">econowmix@googlegroups.com</a><br>

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<font size="2">2 Belges sur 3 veulent taxer les transactions financières</font></h1><div><font size="2"><a href="http://trends.rnews.be/fr/economie/actualite/banque-et-finance/2-belges-sur-3-veulent-taxer-les-transactions-financieres/article-1195046610002.htm" target="_blank">http://trends.rnews.be/fr/economie/actualite/banque-et-finance/2-belges-sur-3-veulent-taxer-les-transactions-financieres/article-1195046610002.htm</a></font></div>


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<i style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.18em;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;font-size:1.2307em">67 % des Belges sont favorables à l&#39;introduction d&#39;une taxe sur les transactions financières, selon un sondage Eurobaromètre publié par le Parlement européen. C’est plus que la moyenne de l’UE</i></p>


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