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EU finance ministers officially adopted the Single Supervisory Mechanism on October 15, first pillar of the banking union plan.
However, El Economista reports that EU finance ministers delayed a decision concerning a "key elements" of the plan, a resolution mechanism and who will pay in cases of bank failure, as EU wants to avoid making taxpayers responsible for banks’ losses.
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