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UK wins EU bank concession

By Tony Barber

Published: June 10 2009 09:02 | Last updated: June 10 2009 10:08

The UK has secured a promise from its European Union partners that EU supervisors will not be given the power to force national governments into recapitalising banks with taxpayers’ money.

The promise, contained in a statement after an EU finance ministers’ meeting in Luxembourg on Tuesday, eased British concerns about whether an overhaul of EU financial supervision might restrict national fiscal sovereignty.

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