In Vienna on Friday 7 September, the finance ministers of the member states of the EU debated the future of the European Investment Bank (EIB), which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year.
The debate, which discussed the EU Bank's place in financing the European economy, also revealed considerable resistance among the member states to the idea of introducing specific supervision for the EIB's activities. Germany, which is pushing for such a mechanism, seems isolated on the matter, which...