Speech: Banks in distress and Europe’s competition regime: On the road to the Banking Union

Text of a speech by Joaquín Almunia, Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy. Speech for the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington DC, 25 September 2013.

ESO: Background information: Dialogue structuré à la Commission Affaires économiques et monétaires du Parlement européen: propos introductifs http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-dialogue-structure-a-la-commission-affaires-economiques-et-monetaires-du-parlement-europeen-propos-introductifs/

ESO: Background information: The G20 must remain committed to global implementation of financial reforms http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-the-g20-must-remain-committed-to-global-implementation-of-financial-reforms/

ESO: Background information: Statement by President Barroso and Commissioner Barnier following the European Parliament's vote on the creation of the Single Supervisory Mechanism for the eurozone http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-statement-by-president-barroso-and-commissioner-barnier-following-the-european-parliaments-vote-on-the-creation-of-the-single-supervisory-mechanism-for-the-eurozone/

ESO: Background information: Banking union tops agenda in discussion with Draghi http://www.europeansources.info/record/banking-union-tops-agenda-in-discussion-with-draghi/

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