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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10862
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) banking

ESM to have €50-70 billion for direct bank recapitalisation

Brussels, 07/06/2013 (Agence Europe) - After months of talks, the Eurogroup is expected to decide in Luxembourg on Thursday 20 June on guidelines for the direct recapitalisation of banks by the eurozone's permanent bailout fund (the European stability mechanism, ESM).

The ESM has lending capacity of €500 billion and may be allowed to earmark between €50 billion and €70 billion for direct bank bailouts, according to Reuters. As requested by a eurozone summit in June 2012, the money...

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