.An enroll the exterior of a BNP Paribas SA bank branch in Paris, France, on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. Bloomberg|Bloomberg|Getty ImagesFrance's BNP Paribas on Thursday mentioned there are actually simply excessive European financial institutions for the location to be able to compete with rivals from the united state as well as Asia, calling for the creation of even more homegrown heavyweight financial champions.Speaking to CNBC's Charlotte Splint at the Bank of America Financials Chief Executive Officer Association, BNP Paribas Chief Financial Officer Lars Machenil voiced his support for better integration in Europe's banking sector.His remarks happen as Italy's UniCredit ups the stake on its evident takeover try of Germany's Commerzbank, while Spain's BBVAu00c2 continues to actively pursue its own domestic opponent, u00c2 Banco Sabadell." If I would inquire you, how many banks exist in Europe, your right answer would certainly be way too many," Machenil mentioned." If our team are actually very fragmented in activity, for that reason the competitors is actually not the exact same point as what you could observe in other locations. Therefore ... you generally should get that unification and obtain that going," he added.Milan-based UniCredit has ratcheted up the stress on Frankfurt-based Commerzbank in recent weeks as it finds to come to be the most significant financier in Germany's second-largest loan provider along with a 21% stake.UniCredit, which took a 9% stakeu00c2 in Commerzbank previously this month, seems to have caught German authorities unsuspecting with the possible multibillion-euro merger.German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who has earlier required greater integration in Europe's financial field, is strongly opposed to the apparent requisition effort. Scholz has supposedly described UniCredit's step as an "antagonistic" as well as "aggressive" attack.Germany's placement on UniCredit's swoop has caused some to accuse Berlin of preferring International financial assimilation simply by itself terms.Domestic consolidationBNP Paribas's Machenil mentioned that while residential unification would certainly assist to stabilize unpredictability in Europe's financial setting, cross-border combination was actually "still a little bit further away," presenting contrasting units and also products.Asked whether this meant he felt cross-border financial mergings in Europe showed up to something of a bizarre reality, Machenil answered: "It is actually two various traits."" I assume the ones which reside in a nation, fiscally, they make sense, and they should, financially, take place," he proceeded. "When you check out truly cross perimeter. Thus, a financial institution that is actually located in one nation merely and located in one more nation simply, that fiscally does not make sense due to the fact that there are actually no synergies." Earlier in the year, Spanish bank BBVA shocked marketsu00c2 when it introduced an all-share takeover deal for domestic rival Banco Sabadell.The scalp of Banco Sabadell claimed previously this month that it is actually extremely unlikely BBVA will succeed along with its multi-billion-euro aggressive quote, Reuters reported.u00c2 And also yet, BBVA chief executive officer Onur Genu00c3 u00a7 said to CNBC on Wednesday that the takeover was actually "moving depending on to planning." Spanish authorizations, which possess the energy to block any merger or even achievement of a bank, have actually voiced their opposition to BBVA's dangerous takeover bid, pointing out likely hazardous effects on the region's economic unit.