The ongoing uncertainty and legal suits over the wind-down of a small Austrian provincial bank might seem like the least of the euro-zone’s current concerns. But the wind-down of Hypo Alpe Adria’s bad bank may well set a precedent for the new euro-zone bail-in regime and hold back Austria’s economic recovery and efforts to rein in government spending.
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