Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition rejected granting the permanent euro rescue fund access to European Central Bank liquidity via a banking license, as the Finance Ministry said it saw no need for any such move. The rules of the European Stability Mechanism don’t foresee a license to allow refinancing at the ECB, the Berlin-based ministry said today in an e-mailed response to questions. The ministry isn’t holding talks on the topic and neither are secret meetings taking place on such proposals, it said. France and Italy are building support for a previously floated plan to allow the permanent backstop to wield ... (full story)