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The global wealth tax proposal by Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has found increasing support within the EU, with Socialist and Green MEPs even making wealth taxes a condition for their support of commission president Ursula von der Leyen's re-election bid. (Photo: European Commission)

Ex-PMs from around world back Brazil's G20 super-rich tax plan

Nearly 20 former heads of government have signed an open letter in support of the Brazilian proposal for a global tax on the ultra-rich, that it put forward as a part of its presidency of the G20.

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The global wealth tax proposal by Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has found increasing support within the EU, with Socialist and Green MEPs even making wealth taxes a condition for their support of commission president Ursula von der Leyen's re-election bid. (Photo: European Commission)

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Piet Ruig is a Brussels-based journalist who previously worked for the Dutch public broadcaster VPRO.

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