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The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) will hold a public hearing on “New market entrants in the banking landscape (‘neobanks’) and their impact on the Banking Union” on Thursday, 19 March 2026, from 9:30 to 11:00.

On Wednesday 18 March 2026, Dominique Laboureix, the Chair of the SRB which is tasked with dealing with distressed banks in the Banking Union, appears for the first time in 2026 in the ECON Committee. Mr Laboureix is expected to touch upon currently relevant topics in the context of SIU, including the targeted consultation by the Commission on competitiveness of the EU banking sector.

The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) will hold a Public Hearing with the Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, Claudia Buch, on Wednesday, 18 March 2026.

On 18 March 2026 from 10.00 to 11.30, the ECON Committee will first hold an exchange of views with Mr Alfred Camilleri, Chair of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (ESGAB). The latest ESGAB annual report provides recommendations and insights on the current governance framework for European statistics. This will shed light on the subsequent second exchange of views with the DG of Eurostat, Ms Mariana Kotzeva.

On Wednesday, 18 March 2026, ECON will hold an exchange of views with Erkki Liikanen, Andreas Barckow and Emmanuel Faber, Chairs respectively of the IFRS Foundation, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).

On Thursday, 26 February 2026, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) held an exchange of views with the President of the European Investment Bank Group (EIB) and Chair of its Board of Directors on the EU's competitiveness agenda.

On 26 February 2026, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) held its first Monetary Dialogue of the year with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB). On this occasion, the ECON Committee and the ECB President discussed the quarterly assessment of the ECB's monetary policy.

On 25 February 2026, Mr Makis Keravnos, ECOFIN President and Minister of Finance of Cyprus appeared before ECON to present the priorities of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the area of economic and financial affairs.

On Wednesday, 25 February 2026, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) held a hearing with Boris Vujčić, currently serving as the Governor of the Croatian National Bank.