German stock exchange tussle leaves EU supercop deal at risk

BRUSSELS — Germany's push to exempt a national champion from future EU oversight could imperil a ministerial deal to integrate the bloc's financial markets and compete with Wall Street. Over the coming days, finance ministers will discuss the most contentious parts of their countries' positions on Brussels' "market integration and supervision package" of bills, or MISP. They'll begin with a dinner on Thursday in Luxembourg, as the Council moves toward its official negotiating position. The hope is that ministers will then sign off on the compromise deal, brokered by Ireland in its role as leader of the EU's rotating presidency, at the ministerial Ecofin gathering on Friday. This would be a major step forward for the EU's 10-year bid to create a U.S.