Comisión de Asuntos Económicos y Monetarios

Following the recent appointment by the European Commission of Fiona Scott Morton as Chief Competition Economist at the Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP) EVP Vestager attended a Coordinators' meeting, open to all ECON members, on Tuesday 18 July 2023, from 17:30 to 18:30 in meeting room ANTALL 4Q1 in order to discuss the issue. The meeting was held in public and webstreamed.

On 18 July, 14:30 – 15:30, the Chair of the Single Resolution Board, Dominique Laboureix, made his second appearance in his capacity of SRB Chair since his appointment in December 2022.

In the aftermath of the adoption of a US Inflation Reduction Act (US IRA) the ECON committee is holding 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 10 July, from 19:00 to 21:00, Members from the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs held the 11th Recovery and Resilience Dialogue with the European Commission (Paolo Gentiloni, Commissioner for Economy).

On Thursday 6 July 2023, the joint ECON and ENVI Committee scrutinised the Taxonomy Environmental Delegated Act and amending Climate Delegated Act in the presence of Commissioner McGuinness. Two years ago, on 4 June 2021, the Commission adopted the first Taxonomy Delegated Regulation on sustainable activities for climate change adaptation and mitigation objectives, namely the Climate Delegated Act.

The ECON Committee held an Economic Dialogue with the Eurogroup President at its meeting of 29 June from 11:30 to 12:30. The previous dialogue with the Eurogroup President in ECON took place on 2 February 2022.

A public Hearing on the Retail Investment Strategy took place in the ECON Committee on 29 June 2023, 09.30-11.30.

In the aftermath of the adoption of a US Inflation Reduction Act (US IRA) the ECON committee is holding 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 Wednesday 28 June, from 15:30 to 16:30, the Members of the ECON Committee held a structured dialogue with Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni in order to discuss ongoing and upcoming priorities of the Commission in the area of taxation.