EU short-selling regulation on ice

Diplomats in Brussels confirmed, on 10 March 2011, that a majority of member states were still holding out on an agreement on how to regulate short-selling of derivative debt insurance contracts that some blamed for worsening the region's sovereign debt crisis.

ESO: Background information: Spain to toughen short-selling rules http://www.europeansources.info/record/spain-to-toughen-short-selling-rules/

ESO: Background information: EU talks over German short-selling ban http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-talks-over-german-short-selling-ban/

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