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June 3 (Bloomberg) -- Austrian Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer said he'll propose a Europe-wide tax on commodities speculation as people across the continent protest against higher fuel and food prices.

``A tax on speculation would boost transparency in the markets,'' Molterer said in a Bloomberg Television interview in Frankfurt late yesterday. ``It would send a signal that speculation is unwanted.''

А ведь когда-то министром финансов Австрии был фон Бём-Баверк.