German Officials Pushing for Wealth Tax to Fund EU Bailouts
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Senior advisers to Chancellor Angela Merkel are pushing for better-off households to pay towards the cost of any future bail-outs for the weaker members of the single currency.
The proposals, from members of Germany's council of economic experts, raise the prospect of taxes being imposed on property in a country like Spain if its government was forced to seek a bail-out.
The council, known as the "Five Wise Men", is often used to test new policies that are later adopted officially.
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