Lithuania to Join EU Financial-Transaction Tax, Butkevicius Says
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Lithuania plans to join the group of European Union countries that’s establishing a financial-transaction tax, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius said.
“Lithuania should become the 12th country to approve the financial-transaction tax and join the enhanced cooperation procedure, I hope, in January,” Butkevicius said today after a meeting in the capital, Vilnius, with EU Tax Commissioner Algirdas Semeta, his office said by e-mail.