Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

In the aftermath of the adoption of a US Inflation Reduction Act (US IRA) the ECON committee is going to hold a number of exchanges on the impact on Europe’s economy and competitiveness, in particular with a view to the implications on European State aid rules and policy.

On Monday 5 June 2023, from 15:00 to 17:00, ECON Members will hold their second Monetary Dialogue of the year with the ECB President.

On Tuesday 30 May 2023, from 14:30 to 16:30, the ECON Committee held a public hearing on " EU Listing Act: Is the EU Listings Regime fit for purpose?".

On Thursday 25 May 2023 at 11.00, ECB Vice-President Luis De Guindos presented the ECB Annual Report for 2022. The presentation was followed by an exchange of views with ECON Members.

On 31 May 2023, from 13:30 to 15:00 CET, the ECON Committee will hold the Monetary Dialogue Preparatory Meeting as part of the preparation for the upcoming Monetary Dialogue with the President of the European Central Bank. During the Preparatory Meeting, ECON Members will discuss current monetary policy issues and gather valuable insights from leading monetary policy experts.

The ECON committee organised the presentation of a study on 25 April 2023 from 09:00 to 10:00 on ‘Recent trends in UK financial sector regulation and possible implications for the EU, including its approach to equivalence’.

On Tuesday 25 April, ECON Members voted on the nominee - Pervenche Berès - for the position of EP representative within the European Statistical Advisory Committee (ESAC). The vote results are: 43 in favour, 3 against and 0 abstentions.

On 24th of April, 17:15 to 18:00, the Director General of Eurostat, Ms Mariana Kotzeva, appeared before ECON in the framework of the statistical dialogue, to discuss matters pertaining to statistical governance, methodology and statistical innovation, in accordance with Article 6a of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics.

On 24th of April, 16:30 – 17:15, the ECON Committee held an exchange of views on the annual report of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (ESGAB) with the Chair Aurel Schubert.