Brussels is ratcheting up pressure on national governments to stop blocking bank consolidation, issuing twin broadsides this week against meddling by the Italian and Spanish governments in banking tie-ups.
Several commission officials told the Financial Times that warnings to Rome and Madrid were connected, as Brussels steps up efforts to encourage banking consolidation and boost the bloc’s ailing economy.
“The problem is that this is pure political posturing and the rules are clear and governments have no formal power to prevent these mergers from happening,” said one senior European official.
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