Paris pressure to get tough on banks

Article reported that France’s Socialist government was coming under domestic pressure in January 2013 to toughen up its flagship banking reform bill of December 2012 which fell short of EU-wide proposals to ring fence banks’ trading activities.

ESO: Background information: Banks braced for trading activities review http://www.europeansources.info/record/banks-braced-for-trading-activities-review/

Reuters, 30.01.13: French lawmakers to quiz bank bosses on reform bill http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/30/france-banks-reform-idUSL5N0AYII520130130

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