The decision of the Italian government to support with public money the Monte dei Paschi di Siena is the first step of a rescue long and complex. Among other things, Rome and Brussels should agree on a restructuring plan of the credit institution in tuscany. The operation should also provide for the possibility to safeguard the small investors, who may be reimbursed because the object of a sale fraudulent.
“The european Commission takes note of the announcement of the Italian authorities on the various measures in respect of Italian banks,” said yesterday in a statement a spokesman of the community in Brussels. “We were in these last times in continuous and constructive contact with the Italian authorities. Of course, we fully support the objectives of the Italian authorities to further strengthen the Italian banking sector, in line with the european rules”.
The intervention does not affect the actions
After having asked the Parliament to increase the public debt by 20 billion euros, the government Gentiloni announced on the night of Thursday the intention of helping the MPS. There are three conditions because Brussels will give its agreement to aid public. A recapitalisation measure is possible if there is a budget hole identified in the adverse scenario of a stress test. The european authorities have already indicated that this condition is present, but the judgment must be confirmed.
The second condition to obtain the approval of the recapitalisation public is the presence of a restructuring plan of MPS. According to the community rules, the plan must ensure that the institution is solvent in the long term and do not need more government aid. The third and last condition, underlined yesterday by the president of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem: the burden sharing, i.e. the contribution of shareholders and bondholders is not privileged so as to limit the expense of the taxpayers.
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Reiterating what was explained in the 10 December by the commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, the executive community has confirmed yesterday that in the case of selling fraudulent (misselling in English) the small investor will be refunded. The same government has shown the mechanism of this refund. The bonds are not preferred will be converted into shares; these will then be purchased from the Treasury offering in exchange for new bonds of the MPS, this time inside.
the intervention of The State in the mechanism of refund of the misselling takes place in the broader context of the recapitalisation on the safe side. Representatives of community have pointed out yesterday that the operation is distinct from the burden-sharing; it is voluntary; and it is the responsibility of the bank. Because it can be already making waves all savers, MPS will have to admit to have sold bonds that were not privileged in the carpet, and in a fraudulent manner, that is to say, without having explained to the purchasers of their riskiness.
To the Commission it is stated that there is no need in this case approval from Brussels: “it Is a pure operation.
Finally, yesterday, the executive of the community explained that Rome and Brussels are also in contact about the possibility of renewing further the government guarantees to be used in liquidity operations of banks more fragile (see Il Sole 24 Ore, July 1). This possibility was granted in June last, for an amount of € 150 billion.
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as a whole, the first position taken by the Commission on the program bank bailout just announced by the government Gentiloni is all in all positive. The proof of the pudding, however, will be the negotiation between Rome and Brussels on the restructuring plan of MPS. As explained yesterday, the spokesman for the economic affairs of the Greens in the european Parliament, Sven Giegold, the game the Italian is also a test for the future of the banking union.
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