E U finance ministers have agreed to expand the bloc’s market watchdog powers to unify capital markets, lower financing costs and help European companies compete with U.S. and Asian rivals. The deal, reached Friday in Luxembourg, aims to streamline financial market supervision by bringing major exchanges and crypto platforms under the direct oversight of the Paris-based European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), which currently coordinates national regulators. Germany secured an exemption for Deutsche Borse, the operator of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, prompting concerns among smaller member states that the carve-out could undermine the reform.
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