German finance minister lays out demands to UniCredit CEO on possible Commerzbank takeover
14/09/2026 17:00
German finance minister lays out demands to UniCredit CEO on possible Commerzbank takeover BERLIN, Sept 14 (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil laid out demands to UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel in Berlin on Monday over the possible takeover of Commerzbank, the German ministry said in a statement.
They included Commerzbank remaining listed on the stock exchange, keeping its base in Frankfurt and continuing to finance German medium-sized companies at home and abroad, the statement said.
(Reporting by Christian Kraemer and Maria Martinez; writing by Tom Sims
Editing by Tomasz Janowski)((Tom.Sims@thomsonreuters.com; +49 30 220 133 645;))
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