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« on: October 25, 2013, 02:08:16 pm »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers will try on Tuesday to break a deadlock on new capital rules aiming to cover banks' risks,Canada Goose DK, a reform intended to prevent another financial crisis but which has exposed deep rifts between Britain and the rest of the EU.
Britain refused to back a draft EU law earlier this month, when Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne accused fellow finance ministers from the bloc of trying to water down the rules to a point where they would make him "look like an idiot".
Osborne is alone among the 27 EU ministers in calling for further changes to a law that introduces rules written by international regulators for the European Union's 8,Billige Canada Goose Jakker,300 banks next year.
Seeking to block a deal supported by the rest of the European Union could result in an embarrassing defeat, making a compromise more likely.
"Britain is now left standing alone," said one EU diplomat.
Margrethe Vestager, the economy minister of Denmark - which as holder of the rotating EU presidency plays a central role in negotiating deals - said she believed an accord was in reach.
"We hope to get a deal," she said. "(Going back to) the drawing board is not an attractive option."
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Osborne has argued that Britain - not the EU's executive Commission - should decide how to ensure its banks are safe, as it would bear the financial consequences of a bailout.
Under a possible compromise, Britain would be able to raise a bank's minimum capital from the 7 percent core tier 1 capital ratio - set by the so-called Basel III code - to 12 percent. Above this, it would need approval from the European Commission.
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