Michel Barnier

Michel Barnier

• EU approves common patent rules

  The European Union approved a new common patent system on Tuesday designed to cut red tape and streamline patent procedures across ... 

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  EU talks on banking union to expose divisions

  European finance ministers inched toward strengthening their banking sectors and the management of their economies at a meeting in Brussels on ... 

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  Report wants EU banks to ring-fence risky business

  Europe's fragile banking system should be protected by building a firewall between a lender's retail operations and its more risky trading activities ... 

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  Europe at loggerheads over banking reform

  Europe faces weeks of tough negotiations to agree on a new region-wide banking supervisor after divisions emerged over the new body's powers at a ... 

• Official: ECB should oversee only biggest banks

  A top European Central Bank officials says the ECB should be responsible for supervising the biggest financial institutions under plans to make it ... 

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  German minister: bank supervisor will take time

  Germany's finance minister hit hopes that Europe's stressed banks could soon tap the region's rescue funds directly when he said Monday that a new ... 

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  Germany: EU supervisor should focus on big banks

  Germany's finance minister wants the new European banking supervisor to limit its focus on major banks whose stability is vital to Europe's financial ...