On Tuesday 23 January, the European finance ministers gave a positive assessment of the progress made in the implementation of the action plan to reduce the stock of non-performing loans (NPL), on the basis of a report presented by the European Commission (see EUROPE 11942).
Arriving at the meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council, the French minister, Bruno Le Maire, said that as regards NPL, much had been done. “We have to continue at the same pace and if we can go even...