18/05/2020 (Agence Europe) – Austria, Belgium, France, Greece and Spain have decided not to renew their bans on short selling, introduced in March to calm financial markets in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic (see EUROPE B12448A7), the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) said on Monday 18 May. Italy, for its part, has decided to lift its ban, which expires on 18 June, in order to align itself with the other five Member States. ESMA's decision (see EUROPE B12447A14), which...