EU reaches deal to shield taxpayers from bank failures
After hours of high stakes negotiations, European finance ministers have struck a deal to help shield taxpayers from bank failures. The EU plan is to make sure bank shareholders and depositors shoulder losses before they fall to taxpayers.
The BBC’s Mark Gregory joins Marketplace Morning Report host David Brancaccio from London with the details.
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