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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13609

28 March 2025
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 25
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Banks
EU prudential rules do not hamper competitiveness of banking sector, says Claudia Buch
Brussels, 27/03/2025 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 27 March, Claudia Buch, Chair of the ECB’s Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), said that European prudential rules were not a handicap to the competitiveness of the banking sector.

“Supervision and capital requirements are not holding back growth”, said Ms Buch in response to a question from Eero Heinäluoma (S&D, Finnish) during a debate in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. In her view, with a CET1 ratio of 15.7% and a non-performing loan ratio of 2.3% in...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE: 2040 target, European Decarbonisation Bank, circular economy... EU ministers take green look at ‘Clean Industrial Deal’
ENVIRONMENT: EU environment ministers pledge to defend an ambitious ‘Plastics Treaty’ in Geneva in August
ENVIRONMENT: ravaged by war, Ukraine wants to make Russia pay for environmental consequences of its aggression
CLIMATE/TRADE: France, Italy and Slovakia call for an even more effective carbon adjustment mechanism
ENERGY: nuclear - European Commission prepares its Communication to support commercialisation of fusion energy
COHESION: Cohesion Policy post-2027 at heart of EU ministers’ debates on 28 March
AGRICULTURE: MEPs and experts call for action to improve prices paid to farmers
AGRICULTURE: 125 EU organisations call for food policy that values livestock farming
HOME AFFAIRS: combating corruption - co-legislators to try to reach agreement on definitions of offences
TRANSPORT/INDUSTRY: European Parliament postpones resolution on automotive sector, to great displeasure of ECR group
JUSTICE: Michael McGrath convenes high-level forum to use law to achieve growth and support European competitiveness
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: European Commission taking time to analyse announcements of US customs tariffs on vehicles
CENTRAL ASIA: one week before Summit with region, EU reaffirms its desire to intensify relations
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU announces €3.4 billion in aid to combat child malnutrition
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: Kyiv’s allies united in not lifting sanctions on Russia
ENERGY: Ember believes increase in Russian gas imports poses serious threat to permanently ending them in EU by 2027
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
CUSTOMS: logistics professionals eagerly await reform of EU code
TAXATION: Michalis Hadjipantela MEP highlights role and importance of taxation in improving EU’s competitiveness
BANKS: EU prudential rules do not hamper competitiveness of banking sector, says Claudia Buch
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: social security—European Parliament asks Polish Council Presidency to consult it before any new mandate is submitted to Member States
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ENVIRONMENT: Italy is fined for breaching EU rules on collection and treatment of urban waste water
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
TURKEY: Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Council of Europe calls for release of Turkish mayors
NEWS BRIEFS
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: 22 European countries express their concern about ban on ‘gay pride’ in Hungary
ENERGY: second “mid-term” round for joint gas purchasing tender aggregates 20 billion cubic metres of gas
SPACE: Gaia probe decommissioned by European Space Agency