The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs approved, on Tuesday 20 November, by a large majority (42 votes in favour, 1 against, 9 abstentions), the appointment of the current President of the European Banking Authority, Andrea Enria, as Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Single Supervisory Mechanism, the ECB body responsible for directly supervising the main banking groups within the euro area banking union (see EUROPE 12132).
Heard before the vote, Mr Enria...