BERLIN, June 14 (Reuters) - France and Germany will jointly request that G20 leaders back a tax on banks at a summit in Canada later this month, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Canada has led opposition to the idea of such a tax when finance ministers from the Group of 20 economic powers met in South Korea earlier this month, but Sarkozy and Merkel made clear they were not prepared to drop the idea. (Reporting by Crispian Balmer; editing by Brian Love)