2024-07-25 07:37:12
Voted by majority vote to the competent committee of the Parliament, after one marathon session, the bill of the Ministry of National Economy and Finance, forthe ratification of the merger and investment agreement between the HFSF and the Thrivest company.
Pros and cons
Only the governing majority was in favor of his principle. From the opposition parties, SYRIZA, KKE, New Left, and Spartans voted against it, while PASOK-KINAL together with Hellenic Solution and Freedom Sailing abstained during the debate tomorrow, July 25, in the Plenary Session of the Parliament.
“No deal would lead to collapse”
The reasons why the merger of Attica Bank and Pankritia banks is necessary with the aim of creating the 5th banking pole, he explained from the floor of the Parliament the governor of the Bank of Greece, Yiannis Stournaras.
Among other things, he emphasized that no agreement would lead to the collapse of the two banks with dramatic consequences not only for their customers, but for the financial system as a whole.
Stournaras for Attica Bank – Pankritia: Non-merger would ultimately lead to collapse and tremors in the banking system