Gazdasági és Monetáris Bizottság

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.

The ECON Committee held a hearing with François-Louis Michaud, proposed candidate for the post of Chair of the European Banking Authority (EBA).

EPW 2026, co-organised by the European Parliament and the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus brings together parliamentarians from the EU, the EP, candidate and observer countries to discuss economic, budgetary and social matters. On Monday 23 February, the ECON Interparliamentary Committee meeting (15:30-18:30 CET) was divided in two sessions:

On Monday, 9 February 2026, Members from the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs held a Recovery and Resilience Dialogue (RRD) with Raffaele Fitto, Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms and Valdis Dombrovskis, Commissioner for Economy and Productivity; Implementation and Simplification.

On 9 February 2026, from 21:00 to 22:00, ECON committee and FISC subcommittee hosted Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra for a Structured dialogue on 2026 Commission Work Programme taxation files, including proposed withdrawals.