VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter will fight "like a lion" to defend the country's banking secrecy, she told a newspaper, promising to veto any steps that endanger the centuries-old tradition.
Austria is staunchly opposed to automatically exchanging information on depositors with fellow European Union members who want to abolish banking secrecy as a way to crack down on cross-border tax evasion.
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