
Will Denmark Lead Europe Towards a Super-Rich Tax?
Despite past failures, growing public support and recent international initiatives offer Copenhagen an opportunity to push for wealth taxation.
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Isabelle Brachet leads the work of Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe on the reform of EU economic governance and a socially just transition. Previously, she was EU advocacy adviser for ActionAid International and worked for 15 years for the International Federation for Human Rights.

Despite past failures, growing public support and recent international initiatives offer Copenhagen an opportunity to push for wealth taxation.

Finance ministers must forestall reapplication of the existing fiscal rules, to prevent a disastrous renewal of austerity.