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Mon 07 Jul 2010MEPs pressed to defer financial regulation vote
EU GOVERNMENTS are pushing MEPs to postpone a key vote on a new pan-European system of financial regulation, a development that reflects the increasing powers of the European Parliament.
The council of EU finance ministers and MEPs are trying to reconcile their respective plans to reinforce Europe’s patchy system of financial regulation ahead of a vote in parliament on Wednesday.
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