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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11322

28 May 2015
ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) banking
Back to the drawing board for bank structural reform

Brussels, 27/05/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 26 May, the European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee (ECON) failed to adopt a negotiating position on bank reform plans (see EUROPE 11320).

As amended by MEPs in a pretty stormy debate, the report by Gunnar Hökmark (EPP, Sweden) left it for supervisory bodies to decide on the best measures to be taken vis-à-vis big European banks that run excessive levels of risk in their portfolios, measures that may include greater...