BERLIN (MNI) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that
Germany will push for the introduction of a financial market transaction
tax on the international level.

“It is important that we come to an agreement on the international
level,” Merkel said after a meeting with Austrian Chancellor Werner
Faymann here.

Faymann echoed Merkel’s remarks, saying it “is a question of
justice” that financial markets contribute to the cost burden resulting
from the crisis.

–Berlin bureau: +49-30-22 62 05 80; email: twidder@marketnews.com

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