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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Leaders Grapple with Bank Risks as Economy Weakens

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, left, speaks with Slovakia's Prime Minister Eduard Heger, center, and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, March 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

European Union leaders gathered Friday to gauge the risk of a banking crisis developing from recent global financial turbulence and hitting the economy even harder than the energy crunch tied to Russia's war in Ukraine.

The deliberations by EU government heads in Brussels follow US regulators shutting down two US banks, including Silicon Valley Bank, and a Swiss-orchestrated takeover of troubled lender Credit Suisse by rival UBS, The Associated Press said.

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