Green Party: ESM Approval Depends on Financial Transaction Tax

Politics ♦ Published: June 22, 2012; 19:25 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Austrian Green party will only vote for the ESM if there is a basic consent for the financial transaction tax.

Green Party: ESM Approval Depends on Financial Transaction Tax / Picture: © Vindobona.org

The Green Party puts pressure on the government parties SPÖ and ÖVP. Finance Minister Maria Fekter should explain to the European partners that the ESM ratification is uncertain. „There will be no approval by the Green Party unless there is a substantial progress towards a financial transactiont tax.“

The opposition party calls the government to promote the financial…