Discord over aviation tax plan to boost aid spending

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Series Details 16.5.05
Publication Date 16/05/2005
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A proposal by French President Jacques Chirac for a tax on airline tickets as a means of boosting European development funding, met with a mixed reaction at a meeting of European Union Finance Ministers in Luxembourg on 13-14 May 2005. Only France and Belgium gave firm indications that they would commit to a mandatory airline tax.

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