EU savings and investments union can be ready this year – Simon Harris

Tánaiste says Ireland will use its EU presidency later this year to 'get the result over the line'

Tánaiste and finance minister Simon Harris said EU states can get beyond divergence on handing powers to ESMA 'if everybody approaches the conversation with a degree of pragmatism'.

Finance minister Simon Harris said he is confident a long-awaited multi-trillion-euro European savings and investments union is close to getting over the line after years of sparring between member states over how it would work.

“I genuinely believe we can get it done in 2026,” the Tánaiste said at a Bloomberg event in London.