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Brussels Targets Banking Barriers

The Commission wants to remove national obstacles to cross-border banking, improve the use of capital and liquidity, and replace the stalled EU deposit insurance proposal. The real test will come with the legislative package expected in early 2027. BRUSSELS – Europe has spent years promising a genuine Single Market for banking. Yet capital and liquidity […]

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Covid-19, economic crisis and EU integration: The importance of the moral dimension in the European project*

The Covid-19 crisis led European public opinion to believe that the EU did not have the capacity to forecast or respond to health crises such as the pandemic. “Europe is not responding“, the Italian daily La Repubblica dramatically deplored.   (*The initial version of this article was published by The Robert Schuman Foundation (European Issue […]

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The EU at the crossroads: either it wins the virus war or loses it

Europe has launched an unprecedented bailout plan in EU history. The crisis triggered by the new Coronavirus is worse than the crisis of 2008 and the measures launched are only the beginning.

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