European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said on Thursday that he will unveil a banking union proposal on September 12th. The proposal will coincide with his âState of the Unionâ speech at the European Parliament, and will outline a plan that could see the European Central Bank increasing its powers of supervision and intervention.
The banking union is expected to focus on euro-zone members, as non-eurozone countries are likely to opt-out.
EU leaders agreed at the last EU summit in June that more banking integration is the solution to stop governments bailing out debt-ridden banks.
Meanwhile, EU Affairs ministers agreed on Thursday to hold an extraordinary summit in November to discuss the EU's next seven-year budget.
Under the Cypriot EU presidency, European ministers met in Nicosia to put their âwish listsâ for the next long-term budget on the table.
Earlier in June, the European Commission proposed to raise this budget to over 1 trillion euros. This is almost a 5% increase from the ...Distributed by OneLoad.com
