France Wants Joint Banking-Union Proposals With Germany in March

Bruno Le Maire, France’s finance minister, left, walks alongside Peter Altmaier, Germany’s acting finance minister, as he arrives ahead of a news conference at the Ministry of Finance building in Paris, France, on Jan. 18. 

Photographer: Marlene Awaad/Bloomberg
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France and Germany aim to put forward joint proposals in March for completing Europe’s union on bank regulation and capital markets, as well as a common corporate tax base, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Thursday.

The idea would then be to expand the agreement to all euro-area states by June, he added.