Spindelegger Met Almunia: „Bank Aids Were No Issue“

People ♦ Published: January 20, 2014; 23:13 ♦ (Vindobona)

Today, Austrian Minister of Finance Michael Spindelegger has met Commissioner for competition Joaquin Almunia.

Spindelegger Met Almunia: „Bank Aids Were No Issue“ / Picture: © Flickr / The Austrian Foreign Ministry

Spindelegger stressed that he did not talk about the capital requirements of nationalized Austrian lenders.

Spindelegger explained that he only wants to take the opportunity to introduce himself as Austria´s new Minister of Finance. According to Spindelegger, he told Almunia that the Austrian government is already very close to a final decision on the future of Hypo Group Alpe…