De manera similar, el líder de centro, François Bayrou, ha propuesto aplicar un "impuesto Tobin" (bautizado con el nombre de su creador, James Tobin, ganador del premio Nóbel de economía) a las transacciones financieras y dedicar lo recaudado al apoyo de causas sociales.
In Case C-#/# Commission of the European Communities (Agents: L. Ström van Lier and N. Yerrell) v Kingdom of Sweden (Agent: A. Kruse)- action under Article # EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on # July #- the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of A. Borg Barthet (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, U. Lõhmus and A. Ó Caoimh, Judges; M. Poiares Maduro, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on # May #, in which itProjectSyndicate ProjectSyndicate