Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000321/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Luděk Niedermayer (PPE)
My question concerns the practice followed by some financial institutions in the EU, such as insurance companies, banks, investment companies, telecommunications companies, etc. If a financial institution, when concluding insurance, investment, credit, banking or telecommunications contracts, requires more documents or different types of documents from citizens of other EU countries than it requires from citizens of the country in which it operates, does the Commission consider that there is a breach of Article 18 TFEU, which prohibits discrimination on grounds of nationality, or not?
If so, what course of action should be taken by EU citizen clients in respect of whom financial institutions are applying such practices?
Submitted: 24.1.2025