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Plans would allow large, insolvent banks to be wound down without damaging the economy. The European Commission will later this month present proposals on how to ensure that...

Leaders of the G20 countries made some headway on financial regulation at their Pittsburgh meeting, but much work lies ahead.

Reforms of bank insolvency rules, tax havens and executive find support, but Franco-German plan to cap pay fails to secure backing. Finance ministers of the European Union...

Many politicians believe that changing the EU's rules on accounting would help stop another financial crisis, but opponents say this could be a mistake. Since the start of...

Money to be given in exchange for commitments from the German bank to sell off subsidiaries. The European Commission announced today (7 May) that it has approved a capital...

Threat to summon IASB representative to meeting; Concerns that US banks will have an advantage. The EU's finance ministers and the European Commission are ratcheting up...

Little progress made since G20 talks; German plan causing competition concerns. At the G20 meeting in London last month, the leaders of the world's major economies declared...

EU member states want to prolong support measures for banks, but the Commission is cautious. The EU has thus far managed to avert financial meltdown, but its banking system...

Angela Merkel's government is increasingly unco-operative, but that does not mean that Germany is losing influence in the EU. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's reputation...

The new head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has to shake off resentment over how he was appointed. Since the creation of the European Bank for...

“We are having to deal with a very serious situation which I believe will last the whole year.”Peer Steinbrück, Germany's finance minister, on financial market...

“Russia will find a way to bring together nations that will stand up against the hegemony of America and of the European Union.” Tomislav Nikolic, the newly elected...

German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück is failing in his attempts to persuade other EU finance ministers to step up regulation of hedge funds. Steinbrück has been...

UK Finance Minister Gordon Brown is renowned in Brussels for not turning up to meetings with his EU counterparts. This disdain for Ecofin, which used to be (before the...

“My gut feeling is that there is much too much to swallow.”Christine Lagarde, France's trade minister, playing down the prospects of a World Trade Organization...

A look at Chancellor Angela Merkel and the team that will lead the presidency of the European Union during the next six months.

Next week (14-15 December), while EU leaders are in Brussels grappling with Turkey and energy policy, an American delegation led by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will...

For someone who wanted to make journalism his career, Peer Steinbrück seems to be lacking in media savvy. The German finance minister, who worked for his school...