Just noticed that many of the German Landesbanken have subsidiaries set up in Ireland. A lot of news has been coming out about these recently due to their growing loan loss provisions.
What is to stop these foreign owned banks from passing their bad loans onto the Irish government via NAMA?
If the government refused to take on the bad loans of the local subsidiaries what sanctions could the EU impose? Would it go against current competition laws?
Could the Irish tax payer end up having to bail out these foreign banks whether it likes it or not due to the NAMA proposal?
What is to stop these foreign owned banks from passing their bad loans onto the Irish government via NAMA?
If the government refused to take on the bad loans of the local subsidiaries what sanctions could the EU impose? Would it go against current competition laws?
Could the Irish tax payer end up having to bail out these foreign banks whether it likes it or not due to the NAMA proposal?