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The entire G-7 kneel. Applaud on June 28 that Washington withdraw from the OECD Agreement that imposed a minimal 15% corporations tax on multinationals. Germany, France and Italy, compelled to that tax by European Directive, embarrass their corporations with a brand new unfair competitors from the US or the fee or the Eurogroup complain.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz kills the Banking Union. “There is absolutely no reason” to group in a single the deposit ensures funds (FGD) present danger sharing. The widespread FGD is the lame leg of the Banking Union. Closing it goes in opposition to the commitments of the 5 presidents of 2014 and 2015 and in opposition to the Directive Project of the 2014 Commission.

And squeak in opposition to him not paper Of the 5 nice companions to the Eurogroup, together with Germany, of “progressing in concrete projects of the Banking Union.” Neither fee nor Eurogroup transfer tab. Huge distinction to blind, irresponsible (patrimonially) and incompetent activism of Brussels (lacks competitions) on a trend banking in Spain.

The fee, a minimum of, does issues. Every day much less nice: help the racist and unlawful actions of Italy and Denmark by deporting immigrants, promote an extreme army expense in favor of the North American business. But the Eurogroup doesn’t go away the paralysis since in 2020 the Portuguese Mário Centeno yields his management to the Irish Paschal Donohoe, already channeled the Next Generation funds in opposition to the pandemic disaster, financed by Eurobones, the ecstasy.

From that presidency nothing arises. It does not matter Russian Ukraine invasion in 2022; the suffocation of inflation; the collapse of multilateralism for Trumpist tariffs; the lack of competitiveness of the Eurozone by revaluing the euro greater than 14% from every week earlier than its inauguration; or the reopening of the talk on the potential function of the euro as a reserve foreign money, launched by the ECB. In the very best case, all the pieces is paid by asthmatic communications of processing of underlying goal (El País, 6/18/2025).

Meanwhile, the Eco-Financieros initiatives of the 2014/2015 biennium, the end result of the Banking Union and that of the Capital Market Union (UMC) are sew. There are two exceptions, none because of the management of the decrepit establishment. Namely, a generic inconcreta roadmap proposed by France and Germany and permitted in March 2024. And the widespread label “Finance Europe”, Of voluntary comparable assets to finance SMEs, launched by Spain and France and assumed by the European Competitiveness Laboratory of the six large countries (more luxembourg), with the collaboration of the Commission. A kind of imaginative“ reinforced cooperation ”of volunteers to small steps.

All this ready for a significant initiative to be impressed by the Letta experiences (which proposes to reinvest the 330,000 million European financial savings yearly diverted to EUUU) and Draghi, which postulates 800,000 million further annual investments to get better rhythm.