Responding to comments by Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director, endorsing moves towards a European Financial Transaction Tax, Oxfam spokesperson Sebastien Fourmy said:
"It is clear that political momentum behind the FTT is growing. We urge the IMF to use its influence to persuade Europe to fast-track the FTT and encourage more countries to sign up.
"To be a true Robin Hood Tax a significant chunk of revenue must be used to help poor people in Europe and around the world who have been hit by a crisis they did nothing to cause."
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Notes to editors
* Earlier this week the European Commission announced that 11 countries including the big 4 of Germany, France, Italy and Spain are backing an FTT in Europe.
* Lagarde was speaking at the Civil Society Organization townhall held during the IMF-World Bank annual meeting in Tokyo
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