Bank mergers will see prompt EU action against national meddling, Albuquerque says
By Nicholas Hirst ( July 17, 2026, 16:32 GMT | Insight) -- The EU's financial services chief said on Friday that the European Commission would up its vigilance of actions by national governments that might hamper consolidation in the banking sector. “We will act faster” to prevent them, Maria Luís Albuquerque told reporters. Governments intervening to hamper mergers between European banks face swifter EU push-back, the bloc’s financial services chief said today....
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