| Canada |
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| In
March 1999, the Canadian Parliament adopted a report
in favour of the Tobin Tax by a two-thirds majority.
Additionally the Canadian delegation to the UN Social
Summit in June 2000 had an amendment added to the
conclusion of the Summit asking for a study report
on the Tobin Tax. |
| Finland |
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| The
Finnish Government officially took position in favour
of the Tobin Tax. Erkki TUOMIOJA, Foreign Affairs
Minister came before the European Parliament Intergroup
on 28 June 2000 to confirm his government's support.
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| European
Parliament |
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|
| The
'Capital Tax, Fiscal Systems and Globalisation'
Intergroup initiated a debate that lead to a motion
of resolution in January 2000. This resolution called
on the European Commission to produce a report within
six months on the feasibility of the Tobin Tax.
It was also proposing to 'involve' the IMF and the
G7 Secretariat and to consider sanctions against
states that encourage fiscal evasion. The resolution
gained the vote of 220 MEPs but was defeated by
6 votes. On the 28 June 2001, the Intergroup organised
the First Interparliamentary Meeting on the Tobin
Tax that gathered Parliamentarians from Canada and
13 European countries, the Finnish Foreign Affairs
Minister as well as economists and NGOs from Europe,
USA, Canada and Tunisia. A new resolution will be
tabled during the Belgian Presidency of the European
Union in the second part of 2001. |
| United
Kingdom |
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|
| The
War on Want Campaign in the UK led to a debate on
the installation of the Tobin Tax in the House of
Commons with Harry Barnes leading a group of 101
Parliamentarians from The Labour Party, the Liberal
Democrats and some Conservative Parliamentarians.
In Northern Ireland, during their 30th Annual Conference
in November 2000, the SDLP (Social Democratic Labour
Party), unanimously adopted the Tobin Tax as Party
Policy. |
| Brazil |
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| A
Parliamentarian Front for the Tobin Tax was formed
with the support of 100 members. President Cardoso
himself spoke out in favour of the Tobin Tax at
the November 1999 'Reformer's Summit' in front of
Bill Clinton, Tony Blair and Lionel Jospin. |
| United
States |
 |
|
| On
11 April 2000, Peter
DeFazio, US Representative and Paul
Wellstone, US Senator tabled a
resolution to the Congress. At the same time,
the World Appeal was launched. May 2001, a
new resolution calling for the installation of a
tax on international financial transactions will
be presented to the House of Representatives
in the United States by Congressman Peter de Fazio.
The text, besides asking for the implementation
of a Tobin type tax, is asking for: - advocacy at
the World Bank and the IMF, as well as within other
regional and international organisations including
the OECD, the G8 and the G20. - a global reform
of the international financial organisations. |
| France |
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|
| In
the ATTAC Committee of the National Assembly, an
amendment in favour of the installation of a Tobin-type
tax has been tabled to any economic legislation
with the support of more than 120 Parliamentarians.
The Senate has adopted a similar position. In May
2000 the National Assembly Delegation for Relations
with the European Union adopted a resolution "asking
the French Presidency of the European Union to examine
and suggest the installation of a tax on currency
transactions, in order to combat speculative capital
movements". In June 2000, two parliamentarians concluded
their report on financial flow regulation by suggesting
a trial period for the tax. |
| Italy |
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| A
resolution asking fro the installation of a Tobin
tax was tabled both in the Chamber of Deputies and
in the Senate. |
| Spain |
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| In
June and October 2000, Joan Saura from the Congress
of Deputies and José Cabrero from the Senate tabled
legislation asking the government to create a Committee
with a remit to study the installation of a tax
system on speculative capital movements. 14 March
2001: Juan
Manuel Eguiagaray from the Congress of Deputies
presented at spanish CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS a
new proposal on Tobin type tax adoption , on behalf
of spanish socialist parliamentary group. |
| Belgium |
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|
| The
Chamber of Representatives and the Senate adopted
a resolution asking for the introduction of the
Tobin Tax. The Belgium Presidency of the European
Union that will take place during the second half
of 2001 could be a good opportunity to take further
initiatives. |
| Argentina |
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|
| Parliamentarians
met to discuss the 'Tobin Tax' and presented a draft
resolution. A similar draft resolution was also
presented to the Senate.
draft of the resolution |
| Uruguay |
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| The
Senator José Korzeniak, with the collaboration of
ATTAC Uruguay, presented a bill at the end of May
that "the Uruguayan state suggests at every level,
international, bilateral, regional, continental
and at world level that a tax of between 0.1% to
1% be imposed on financial speculative transactions
". The text of
the bill |
| |
| The
ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly took a position
in favour of the installation of a Tobin type tax
during the plenary session on Wednesday 11 October
2000 in Brussels. The Parliamentarians who sit in
this assembly come from the 15 European Union Member
States and from more than 70 countries in Africa,
the Caribbean and Pacific Regions. In the Resolution
on 'ACP-EU Partnership and the Challenges of Globalisation',
the Parliamentarians adopted a paragraph calling
"on the major industrialised countries and notably
on the European Union, to introduce a tax on capital
transfers as proposed by Professor Tobin". introduce
a tax on capital transfers as proposed by Professor
Tobin". |
