Golden Power and financial regulation: national and european perspectives and implications

The legal instrument of Golden Power, which is exercisable by a government to preserve strategic assets from foreign acquisitions, is a tool/mean through which a State can exercise its economic sovereignty in a globalized and (increasingly) economically integrated system.

The most recent European legislation has extended the possibility of using these special powers to the financial infrastructure, which is already heavily regulated.
The report provides an overview of the European and national approach concerning/on  the exercise of special powers in the financial markets, by examining the possible conflict that could/ might arise between this and prudential supervision rules/supervisory system in order to/to/aiming at outlining/outline perspectives and possible implications at both national and European level.