Brussels: ECB set to act on sovereign bond risks, Dual ECB rol...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Thursday December 12 2013     European Union News   ECB set to act on sovereign bond risks   Peter Praet, ECB executive board member, says it is trying to make lenders less likely to use central bank liquidity to buy yet more government debt       Dual ECB role designed to drive lending recovery   Peter Praet outlines pros of appropriately treating sovereign debt risk as part of the health checks of the eurozone's large financial institutions     Brussels to probe UK nuclear plant deal   Investigation to look into whether the UK government has 'over-compensated' EDF, the French utility company, with too high a strike price     J&J and Novartis eye fighting EU fines   Pharmaceuticals groups weigh appealing European Commission's antitrust penalties imposed for their agreement to defer generic drug competition     European financial tax suffers backlash   Compromise paper, seen by the FT, indicates how far EU member states want to restrict proposals to introduce a €35bn eurozone levy with global reach               Manage email    Forward this email   Feedback    Manage portfolio Subscribe to the FT Follow the FT   Unsubscribe | My Account | RSS | Privacy Policy | About Us | Help   © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2013 You have received this email because you have signed up from the NBE preference page. This email was sent by a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723.