Bajuk and Almunia Averse to Tax Response to Price Hikes
Luxembourg, 3 June - Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk and European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia are disinclined to use tax policies in response to high prices. Arriving for a ministerial in Luxembourg on Tuesday, the pair said this would go against what EU finance ministers agreed on in Manchester in 2005.
Luxembourg.
Permanent representative of Spain to the EU Carlos Bastarreche talking to Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) chairman and Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk at an ECOFIN meeting.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA
Luxembourg.
Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk chaired an Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA
Luxembourg.
Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA
Luxembourg.
Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk chaired an Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA
Luxembourg.
Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk chaired an Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA
Luxembourg.
Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk chaired an Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA
Luxembourg.
Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) chairman and Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk, and French Finance Minister at an ECOFIN meeting.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA
Luxembourg.
Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) chairman and Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk, and French Finance Minister at an ECOFIN meeting.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA
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