“The government will not allow it to be the target of hostile raids by other banks.” The problem is that the French government is barred from doing this under an EU directive that it signed last year, which was specifically introduced to improve transparency in banking mergers.
««Societe Generale» останется великим французским банком», - заявил премьер-министр Франсуа Филон. - «Правительство не позволит, чтобы он стал целью для враждебных атак других банков».