- Economic resilience and labour market resilience must go hand in hand
- Commitment to deepening EMU through stabilisation and upward convergence is crucial
- Urging Member States into contractionary fiscal stances may be problematic
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In a recently adopted opinion, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) welcomes the European Commission's proposal to amend the European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS) with the objective of better tackling money laundering and terrorist financing in the European banking and financial sector, but calls for more comprehensive measures. These issues are, in its view, becoming increasingly dangerous in terms of the stability, safety and reputation of financial institutions and the financial sector as a whole. Additional measures are therefore of the utmost importance.
On 10 December 2018, the 1st meeting of the Task Force on “Rebranding Capital Markets Union” took place at the headquarters of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). Over 50 participants were invited to take part, coming from European Institutions, financial entities, banks, think-thanks etc. The Chairman of the meeting was Mr Vitor Constancio, former European Central Bank Vice-President.
The EconPol Europe's Second Annual Conference took place on 19-20 November 2018 in Brussels. Mr Philip von Brockdorff and Mr Mihai Ivascu represented the EESC's ECO section also at the three sessions during the second day of the conference, which centred around issues such as productivity and the economic challenges facing the euro area.
On 3 December 2018, the European Commission organised in the premises of Solvay Library in Brussels a conference to mark the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the single currency.
On 22 November 2018 the Slovak Agriculture University, Faculty of Economics and Management in Nitra, organised a lecture for researchers, pedagogical staff, graduate and post-doctorate students. The main goal of the lecture was to describe the overall steps in relation to improving, supporting better functioning and deepening of Europe's Economic and Monetary Union.
In the public debate organized by the Robert Schuman Foundation and the Wilfried Martens Centre, speakers included: Alain Lamassoure (MEP-EPP), Markus Schulte (Cabinet of Commissioner G.H.Oettinger) and Eva Palackova (political adviser, EPP). Eric Maurice (Schuman Foundation.) and Tomi Huhtanen and Dimitar Lilkov (Martens Centre.) performed the role of moderators.
An international scientific conference on “Innovation, Standardisation and European Policies in the Context of Sustainable Developments Goals” was organised by the Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Matej Bel in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, on 6 November 2017.
Sovereign bond-backed securities (SBBS) can contribute to a greater diversification of and a risk reduction for sovereign bond portfolios held by banks and other financial operators. This could have a positive impact on the stability and resilience of the financial system and improve financial market integration.
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