European Parliament
Bruno Gollnisch  (NI ),
in writing.
(FR)
How could anyone vote against a report whose aim, in the event a bank fails, is to guarantee that depositors are reimbursed up to EUR 100 000 within a short time limit, with every bank obliged to belong to a deposit guarantee scheme?
However, the big question is this: what use is this when, in a country such as France, we know that citizens’ deposits are as high as around EUR 1.6 trillion and the guarantee fund does not even reach EUR 2 billion? We are trying to make people believe that an average deposit of EUR 24 000 per inhabitant can be covered by a guarantee of EUR 33 per inhabitant.
This simply means that in the event that a major bank fails, it is unlikely that any guarantee will work without urgently calling on the State yet again, in other words, on the taxpayer. When a bank is ‘too big to fail’, therefore, it can always do whatever it likes. The aim is worthy enough, but, in the event of a disaster, its effectiveness is doubtful. The only objective of such a text is to maintain depositor confidence, which is the very condition of the banking profession.

