Germany’s Scholz Calls for EU to Complete Banking Integration

Olaf Scholz speaks at the Bundestag on March 16.

Photographer: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the European Union needs to tighten integration of its banking and finance sectors to bolster a transition to green technologies.

The completion of the bloc’s efforts to create a single market for banks and capital is needed for the EU to maintain competitiveness, Scholz said Thursday in a speech to lawmakers in Berlin, reinforcing the government’s position.