The proposal will be presented in a few days. The imposition of the Tobin tax would be starting in 2013. Any decision on taxation matters require unanimity. The European Commission decided on Thursday to propose the introduction of a tax on financial transactions to feed the European budget after 2013 and thus reduce dependence on the contributions that make the EU Member States, according to EU sources confirmed. Add to your understanding with The Greater New York Construction User Council. The European Commission will this proposal on the occasion of the publication of its draft multiannual perspective, which will serve as a base to start negotiations between the EU countries and the European institutions with the aim of setting priorities and the ceiling of the European spending until 2020. Since the outbreak of the financial crisis, the idea of imposing a tax on financial transactions to reduce speculation and promote a fairer distribution of the burden of the crisis has been on the table at various international fora such as the G-20, but failed to gather sufficient support.

In the absence of consensus International, several European countries have warned that a unilateral EU advance in this sense could encourage a flight of capital, which did not prevent the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, to advance recently their intention to submit a proposal in this regard. Requires unanimity today novelty consists in that Brussels wants to allocate the proceeds into the coffers of the European budget, to reduce dependence on the contributions of the Member States, which currently rise to 75 per cent of the total, which makes a hard battle approval European accounts, especially in times of fiscal consolidation and cutbacks in all countries. Any decision on taxation requires unanimity among the 27 Member States, which will make complicated its adoption in the Council – organ where all Member States are represented – face of opposition from countries such as United Kingdom to any type of tax that is considered European. The President of the European Commission and the budget Commissioner, Janusz Lewandowki, will give a press conference at 19: 00 GMT to explain the draft multiannual budget that the EU Executive has approved. Source of the news: the European Commission proposes a tax on transactions to defray the expense

Luis Mansilla and Emilio Trunon Madrid have won the prize by the hotel and restaurant Atrium. The President of the jury, Benedetta Tagliabue, argues that all the works presented were very good. The catalan architect Enric Ruiz Geli has obtained a mention by the TIC building, located in the 22 @ Barcelona architecture 2011 FAD award has been, ex aequo, for two locals, Emilio Tunon, Luis Mansilla, by hotel and restaurant atrium of Caceres, and lisboeta Ricardo Bak Gordon, for his project two houses in Santa Isabel. This year have been submitted to the FAD awards in its various forms a total of 498 works, of which 282 correspond to the category of architecture; 74 to the Interior; 37 city and landscape; 58 to ephemeral interventions and 47 thought and Critica.estos awards are considered the most prestigious of the Iberian panorama in its scope. The Chairperson of the jury and architect, Benedetta Tagliabue, has very positively valued the level of all the projects submitted.According to Benedetta, it has been a difficult choice and all were very good, well presented and very cared for. Although the sector is suffering from the economic crisis in a very direct way, Tagliabue has argued that there is no crisis of creativity in architecture. Furthermore, he argues that currently is experiencing a kind of rebirth of creative ability, despite the global crisis, the jury is formed also by Eugeni Bach, Beth Capdrro, Edgar Gonzalez, Daniela Hartmann, Imma Jansana, Santiago Loperena and Jose Mateus.estos are those who have finally decided that the prize is, conjunatmente, for two locals and a lisboeta.

In the case of Luis Mansilla and Emilio Tunon have highlighted the reinterpretation have made a home in the city of Caceres, converted into a hotel and restaurant. The Chairperson of the jury holds that they have managed an intervention very elegant and integrated, in which new structures and the ancient walls of the building are mixed. The work of Ricardo Bak Gordon, has been particularly valued by rereading that has made of an interior of Apple in the urban centre of Lisbon. Tagliabue believes that this action is a masterpiece that can look from the outside, although it is not showing what happens inside. Other mentions and awards on the other hand, the catalan architect Enric Ruiz Geli has obtained a mention by the TIC building, located in the 22 @ Barcelona.

According to Tagliabue, as well as having built a building absolutely fantastic and great, Ruiz Geli is deserving of the distinction because it is the re-inventor of the figure of the architect, who has become Advisor to the client, in its promoter and, in addition, patented everything what they invent. The FAD Prize for interior design 2011 has been for Inaki Abalos for his work on the Antoni Tapies Foundation in Barcelona. The city and landscape has corresponded to Michele Orliacq and Miquel Batlle for the Park of the waters of the orchards of Vilabertran, located in Figueres (Girona). Other distinguished works they have been home for a collector nomadic, Martin Lejarraga and Ana Martinez Martinez, in the section on ephemeral interventions. On the other hand, the FAD of thought and criticism has been, also ex-aequo, for the laboratory Gran Via exhibition catalog, edited by Telefonica, and collective architectures: trucks, containers, groups, urban lines, edited by Editions Vibnok-Paula Alvarez. Source of the news: two locals and a lisboeta jointly win the FAD Prize for architecture 2011