Go to the Content Tuesday, 7 February 2012
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| 1. Points of disagreement | May 12, 2010 |
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Mixed response to Commission plans. The European Commission initially pushed for a more central role in the mechanism. It proposed that, rather than set up an SPV, member... | |
| 2. EU still working on crisis fund | May 9, 2010 |
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EU finance ministers race to put together fund to help vulnerable eurozone economies. The European Union's finance ministers were on Sunday night struggling to put together... | |
| 3. Cutting out the capital rule risks | April 8, 2010 |
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Rules on capital to make sure that banks were protected against risk failed miserably, which means reform of the system is high on the EU's agenda. The failure during the... |
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| 4. Merkel's star turn does not mean an end to the crisis | April 1, 2010 |
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The decisions taken at the European Council meeting last week will have far-reaching implications. In the run-up to last week's European Council meeting (25-26 March),... |
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| 5. Merkel's star turn does not mean an end to the crisis | April 1, 2010 |
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The decisions taken at the European Council meeting last week will have far-reaching implications. In the run-up to last week's European Council meeting (25-26 March),... |
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| 6. Council at odds with MEPs over reforms | February 18, 2010 |
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Commission proposal ‘weakened' by Council but MEPs want to restore most of original proposal. EU governments, MEPs and the European Commission are deeply divided over... |
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| 7. EU-US banking response | February 11, 2010 |
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Ministers to discuss how to deal with US banking plans. Finance ministers will next week (16 February) discuss how to co-ordinate their response to US plans to limit the... | |
| 8. Backlash from banks over capital risk plans | February 4, 2010 |
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Banks say the European Commission has failed to assess the impact of planned reforms. Governments are facing a growing backlash from European banks against plans to increase... | |
| 9. Iceland's president vetoes bank bill | January 7, 2010 |
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Iceland jeopardises its application for EU membership as its president vetoes the reimbursement of bank bail-outs. Iceland's bid to join the EU was thrown into disarray on... | |
| 10. Fiscal stimulus withdrawal and a Tobin tax | December 17, 2009 |
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EU leaders had money on their minds at the summit. Unsurprisingly, at the end of a year marked by profound financial and economic woes, EU leaders had money on their minds... |
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| 11. Merkel rules out tax on bonuses | December 11, 2009 |
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German chancellor calls idea ‘charming' but currently impossible in Germany. German Chancellor Angela Merkel today ruled out joining France and the UK in introducing a... | |
| 12. Brown, Sarkozy call for super-tax | December 10, 2009 |
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France and UK “completely aligned” on the need for a special tax on bankers' bonuses. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy met today on... | |
| 13. Deal on strengthening financial supervision | December 2, 2009 |
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Swedish presidency praises agreement but MEPs argue that reforms are too weak. Finance ministers agreed today on reforms to strengthen EU-level financial supervision. | |
| 14. Split over powers to be given to EU authorities | November 26, 2009 |
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UK and others concerned that supervisory authorities will have too much control. The national governments of the EU are split over how much more power should be given to... | |
| 15. Of punchbowls and pacts | November 12, 2009 |
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If governments and financial supervisors fail to get a grip on banks and hedge funds, the capitalist system itself could be laid waste. As this column remarked two months... |
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| 16. Swedes set up talks to resolve objections to financial reform | October 22, 2009 |
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Presidency plans to hold meetings every week as UK leads call for changes to supervision proposals. The Swedish government is to hold a series of meetings in the coming... |
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| 17. Emergency bid to find common climate position | October 22, 2009 |
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EU struggles to agree over climate change while Czech threats continue to loom over Lisbon treaty. Climate change and the Lisbon treaty will dominate next week's meeting of... | |
| 18. EU takes step toward financial watchdog | October 20, 2009 |
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EU presidency is hopeful of a full agreement on creation of systemic risk board this year. The Swedish presidency claimed today to have secured a “broad political... | |
| 19. EU fails to agree on climate adaptation aid | October 20, 2009 |
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Lack of agreement between finance ministers puts decision on support for developing countries in EU leaders' hands. EU finance ministers today failed to agree a common... | |
| 20. EU finance proposals win G20 backing | September 7, 2009 |
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Reforms of bank insolvency rules, tax havens and executive find support, but Franco-German plan to cap pay fails to secure backing.
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