Brussels, 11/12/2013 (Agence Europe) - Tempers rose in the evening of Tuesday 10 December between the Netherlands and Sweden before the Ecofin Council gave the Lithuanian Presidency a negotiating mandate for negotiations with the European Parliament on Wednesday over the draft BRRD directive harmonising national bank resolution schemes.
One of the stumbling blocks is the EP's desire (Gunnar Hökmark, EPP, Sweden, is the rapporteur) to include “public stabilisation tools” in the...