Dans leur obsession régulatrice, les Ministres des Finances de l'UE se disent favorables au prélèvement d'une taxe sur les billets d'avion pour financer l'aide au développement:
European Union finance ministers agreed on Saturday on a voluntary levy on airline tickets to fund extra development aid, but only a handful of countries said they would definitely implement it.
The optional charge on airline tickets falls short of what French President Jacques Chirac originally proposed with backing of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. But it could break the ice on what might one day become a broader tax to help Africa.
"This will be a voluntary contribution which some member states propose to turn into a mandatory contribution but we are leaving this open," said Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who chaired the talks among 25 EU finance ministers.
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