16/04/2020 (Agence Europe) – As expected, the European Finance Ministers adopted without discussion, during a meeting by videoconference on Thursday 16 April, a declaration calling on banks to continue to grant loans to households and companies in difficulty due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to maintain the proper functioning of the insurance sector (see EUROPE B12463A3). The statement calls for flexible application of banking prudential rules “at a time when sufficient funding to cover...