Nine EU member states - Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Austria, Finland, Greece and Portugal - have asked the Danish Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the European Commission to 'speed up' the introduction of a Financial Transaction Tax. Nine countries: this is precisely what is needed to have an 'enhanced cooperation', or to introduce legislation in spite of the opposition of some countries. The nine stress that the FTT will be needed to have the financial sector contribute to the solution of the current crisis and to stabilize the financial markets.