It will be for the crisis and for a banking system to be rethought, as requested by many (and in France they are already doing so), but financial institutions continue to decrease significantly in Europe: -6% compared to 2011, according to data published by the ECB itself.
In total, the eurozone had 7.059 banks as of 1 January 2013, i.e. 474 fewer than on the same date in 2012: as a percentage, the collapse was particularly evident in Slovakia (-30%), Luxembourg (-22%), France (-9%), Spain and Finland (-8% for both).
As for the number of closed institutes, on the other hand, Luxembourg alone lost 124, followed by France (-105), which in fact is accelerating the Hollande reform, and byItaly, which now has 55 less.
