German deputy finmin: EU banking union is more advanced than many think

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Union's banking union is more advanced than widely believed but it is still far from being complete, Germany's deputy finance minister said on Tuesday, adding that Europe would be able to react if a financial crisis happened.The European Commission said last week that significant progress had been made in further reducing risk in the banking union but added that European governments must speed up work on deeper euro zone integration as much remains to be done,..