EU Banking Union. Right idea, poor execution

The idea of Banking Union has a sound economic rationale and would, if it were implemented in a consistent fashion, substantially strengthen financial stability in Europe and in the euro area in particular. However, the design and implementation of the EU Banking Union and its constituent components suffer from two very fundamental contradictions.

On the one hand, there is schizophrenic attitude of member states with regard to the necessary degree of supra-nationality to preserve a financially stable internal market for financial services. And on the other, there are the contrasting expectations and motives of member states with regard to Banking Union.

Member states and other European law makers still have the chance to put Banking Union on a sound footing. The chance should not be wasted

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Towards a banking union – the state of play from the ECB’s perspective http://www.europeansources.info/record/towards-a-banking-union-the-state-of-play-from-the-ecbs-perspective/

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