No, they are simply looking at the consequences of the UK exiting the financial passporting system...The EU are trying a land grab of financial services.
A system the UK helped to devise!
But who really loses out in the medium/long term?If London loses it status then European banks have alrady said some key services will have to stop and others will become more expensive.
Oh that's right - the UK!
At present...breaking up the London markets means fragmentation, nowhere in Europe can offer what London can do on the same scale.
But then London didn't gain it's position overnight did it!
Well the US is lining up to asset strip the UK anyway, so the 'likelihood' is that NY will indeed gain!the likelyhood though is that New York may gain.
Again the only loser is....The UK!