On Monday 8 November at the end of the Eurogroup meeting the chief economist of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Rolf Strauch, estimated that all the elements were in place for the euro area’s permanent rescue fund to start “at the beginning of 2022” to play its role as a safety net for the Single Resolution Fund (SRF), the financial arm of the ‘resolution’ component of the banking union.
By the end of 2021, all euro area countries must have ratified the ESM reform agreed at...