[P2P-F] [gtm] Re: article trends : 2 Belges sur 3 veulent taxer les transactions financières

Wed Jun 29 16:15:48 CEST 2011

Forgot the attacjment....  :-((

Here it is :

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On 29 Jun 2011, at 16:10, Franco Carminati wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> There is a law on the subject of the Tobin Tax in Belgium since  
> 2004 :   http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/doc/rech_f.htm
> Same (text of law) document attached. But would enter into force  
> only when all other members of Eurozone would adopt same rules.
>
> Plus 2 comments in texte below (in red).
>
> Franco
>
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> On 29 Jun 2011, at 15:44, Dante-Gabryell Monson wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately, the situation of the current Belgian "caretaker"  
>> Government may not make it possible to bring forward and apply such  
>> Tobin Tax measures.
> Still it makes decision to go to war, and prepares budgets beyond  
> daily business.
>>
>> 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 ) not yet in force because practical procedure still  
>> to be adopted (Commission seemingly has other priorities)
>>
>> 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 <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
>> strong social support for tobin tax in belgium:
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson at gmail.com>
>> Date: 2011/6/29
>> Subject: article trends : 2 Belges sur 3 veulent taxer les  
>> transactions financières
>> To: gtmonnaie at gtmonnaie.be, econowmix at googlegroups.com
>>
>>
>> 2 Belges sur 3 veulent taxer les transactions financières
>> http://trends.rnews.be/fr/economie/actualite/banque-et-finance/2-belges-sur-3-veulent-taxer-les-transactions-financieres/article-1195046610002.htm
>>
>> 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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