Whether these decisions represent a major step forward remains to be seen. As happened before, the initial agreements seem to have been watered down during the negotiation process. The rules regarding the debt brakes leave significant room for interpretation, and their application and enforcement will not be monitored at the European level.
And what the sector, or certain players in the sector, do or do not earn, is now a target of much agitation and dissatisfaction and a subject of debate that focuses particularly on transaction-related bonuses.