Just days after ending her term as European Commissioner for financial services, Mairead McGuinness is taking stock of one of the biggest items that was on her agenda: the Capital Markets Union. Long mooted but often delayed, the Capital Markets Union promises to unite Europe’s disjointed financial markets to open up more flows of capital for business but it still remains an aspiration. Speaking today at the Horizon Europe Impact conference, McGuinness said that the hold-ups on the Capital Markets Union are largely political, pointing to the need for a greater will by member states and the new European Commission…

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