Brussels, 2/05/2012 (Agence Europe) - As we were going to press, EU27 finance ministers were in a special meeting of the ECOFIN Council on Wednesday 2 May to try to reach agreement on a regulation and directive proposed by the European Commission to increase bank funding requirements and introduce into the EU the Basel III Agreement next year on bank surveillance (see EUROPE 10601). If the ministers manage to reach agreement, then the Danish Presidency will start negotiating with the...