Reform EU financial expert groups

Yiorgos Vassalos co-author of ALTER-EU's report 'A captive Commission: the role of the financial industry in shaping EU regulation' talks with Euractiv's Alexander Wragge about the tasks of Commissioner Barnier regaring the DG Internal Market's advisory bodies on financial issues. http://www.euractiv.com/en/financial-services/ngo-reform-eu-financial-ex...

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