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EU's von der Leyen: Big push on capital markets union expected before the summer
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 9, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 9, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
The EU plans a significant push for a capital markets union to enhance funding for defence and green projects, as stated by Ursula von der Leyen.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union will make a "big push" towards a capital markets union, which experts says would free up funds to finance defence spending as well as digital and green transitions, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday.
"We need a deep and liquid functioning capital market for the whole European Union (...) We agreed that this is now the time really to push this topic forward and to make progress. So before the summer, we are expecting a big push forward on that topic", she said during a joint press conference with new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Discussions on a Capital Markets Union have been dragging on for a decade and made very slow progress because of entrenched national interests, different business and financial cultures, and regulations in European countries.
(Reporting by Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
The main topic is the EU's push for a capital markets union to improve financial integration across Europe.
It aims to free up funds for defence, digital, and green transitions, enhancing financial stability in the EU.
Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission President, announced the push.
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