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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8997

26 July 2005
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/banking
Commission to continue investigating acquisition of Italian banks Antonveneta and BNL

Brussels, 25/07/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 25 July, a spokesperson for European Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy, questioned by reporters about rumours of the takeover of Italian banks Banca Antonveneta and Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL) by Dutch bank ABN Amro and Spanish bank BBVA, respectively, said it was too soon to say whether the chapter was closed or not. The spokesperson explained that the Commission was continuing its investigation into the intervention of the Italian...

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