Brussels: EU to start membership talks with Serbia, EU auditor...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Wednesday December 18 2013     European Union News   EU to start membership talks with Serbia   EU agreed to open Serbia accession talks earlier this year but decision to launch first inter-governmental conference is a significant step by Brussels       EU auditor rotation reform moves forward   Listed companies and banks will have to change auditors after 10 years, but could keep the same firm if the work has been put out to tender     Follow '#tpp' into the trade netherworld   Pressure is mounting for more transparency in the politically sensitive and mind-numbingly detailed work of trade negotiations     French seek permanent EU defence fund   Hollande is poised to demand that the EU sets up permanent fund to finance operations such as intervention in Central African Republic     Big rise in subordinated debt sales   Banks have issued $90.7bn of subordinated debt for the year to date, a 41% increase compared to the same period in 2012     Spanish soccer clubs face Brussels probe   Brussels will launch a probe into claims that the Spanish teams unfairly enjoyed government aid since the 1990s, according to European officials     EU ministers set to define banking union   The ideal is to combine eurozone financial scrutiny to create one bank supervisor, one resolution authority, one rescue fund and one guarantee to depositors               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.