European Central Bank 19 December 2025, Opinion of the European Central Bank of 19 December 2025 on an increase in a tax imposed on credit institutions (CON/2025/45)

EN ECB-PUBLIC OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK of 19 December 2025 on an increase in a tax imposed on credit institutions (CON/2025/45) Introduction and legal basis On 12 December 2025 the European Central Bank (ECB) received a request from the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Pensions, in charge of the National Lottery and the Federal Cultural Institutions, for an