04/03/2024 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 4 March, MEPs on the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) voted with 45 votes in favour and 2 abstentions for the draft report by Jonás Fernández (S&D, Spanish) on benchmarks in the financial sector. The ECON Committee wishes to protect the EU’s financial stability while reducing the administrative and regulatory burden for smaller benchmark providers. “More transparency and a better supervision. The...