EU leaders to study broad issues at 2-day summit
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June 26, 2012, Tuesday
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EUROPEAN leaders will discuss specific steps toward a cross-border banking union, closer fiscal integration and the possibility of a debt redemption fund at a two-day summit from Thursday, according to a document prepared for the meeting.
Two officials familiar with the 10-15 page document, drawn up over the past month and which is still being revised ahead of the summit, said yesterday that it sets out in detail the four "pillars" required for a strong economic and monetary union which leaders believe is necessary to secure the currency project's future.
As well as progress toward a banking union, the paper discusses the need for a more integrated budget policy, measures required for deeper economic integration, and how to retain "democratic legitimacy" if countries give up some sovereignty.
The document has been drafted by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi and Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the eurogroup countries using the euro.
European leaders have already said the first area they need to work on is a banking integration as they try to break the link between bad banks and indebted governments, with the worsening situation in Spain an immediate concern.
EU officials believe that could be achieved in a year, although Berlin wants to see more progress toward fiscal integration first, something that would require much longer due to the need to change the European Union treaty to achieve it.
The document goes into most detail on the banking proposals, setting out the need for a single European banking supervisor, a common EU deposit-guarantee scheme and a single bank-resolution fund to wind down the region's bad banks, the officials said.
The paper sets out options under each heading, saying that when it comes to a single banking supervisor it could either be charged with overseeing all EU banks, or else look after the major systemic banks with cross-border operations, while leaving another agency to look after broader, day-to-day oversight.
The expectation is the ECB will eventually be given sole responsibility for overseeing Europe's biggest banks, while the European Banking Authority watchdog retains a broader oversight role along with coordinating the work of national regulators.
Two officials familiar with the 10-15 page document, drawn up over the past month and which is still being revised ahead of the summit, said yesterday that it sets out in detail the four "pillars" required for a strong economic and monetary union which leaders believe is necessary to secure the currency project's future.
As well as progress toward a banking union, the paper discusses the need for a more integrated budget policy, measures required for deeper economic integration, and how to retain "democratic legitimacy" if countries give up some sovereignty.
The document has been drafted by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi and Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the eurogroup countries using the euro.
European leaders have already said the first area they need to work on is a banking integration as they try to break the link between bad banks and indebted governments, with the worsening situation in Spain an immediate concern.
EU officials believe that could be achieved in a year, although Berlin wants to see more progress toward fiscal integration first, something that would require much longer due to the need to change the European Union treaty to achieve it.
The document goes into most detail on the banking proposals, setting out the need for a single European banking supervisor, a common EU deposit-guarantee scheme and a single bank-resolution fund to wind down the region's bad banks, the officials said.
The paper sets out options under each heading, saying that when it comes to a single banking supervisor it could either be charged with overseeing all EU banks, or else look after the major systemic banks with cross-border operations, while leaving another agency to look after broader, day-to-day oversight.
The expectation is the ECB will eventually be given sole responsibility for overseeing Europe's biggest banks, while the European Banking Authority watchdog retains a broader oversight role along with coordinating the work of national regulators.
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