On Monday 18 November, the Chair of the ECB’s Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), Claudia Buch, warned MEPs against weakening European prudential rules for the banking sector in order to achieve other political objectives, such as boosting European economic competitiveness or reducing the administrative burden.
“Regulation and supervision are a response to the risks” that have been identified, and we have seen just how damaging and costly banking crises can be, said Ms Buch during a...