Reuters reports that negotiations to introduce a cap on bankers' bonuses in the European Union resume on Wednesday, a week after European lawmakers and ambassadors from countries failed to reach a deal.
A majority of states in the 27-member bloc would have to support a measure passed by the European parliament to make it law.
European lawmakers see a cap - possibly limiting bonuses to double base salary - as the only way to rein in runaway pay, reduce incentives for risk and make banks safer.
'A cap is the only way we will see bonus restraint', said Arlene McCarthy, the British member of the European Parliament who pushed for pay reform.
'The parliament is not prepared to budge. Legislators have got fed up because they don't see any restraint in the bonus culture'.
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