EBF FINANCIAL REGULATION AGENDA
for the week starting Monday 16 December 2019

Key events in European banking and financial regulation for the upcoming week. Brought to you by the Mediacentre at the European Banking Federation.
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Next Thursday, the General Council meeting of the ECB in Frankfurt will welcome its new president, Christine Lagarde, formerly the Managing Director of the IMF. The first female president to lead the ECB, Lagarde will encounter a divided Governing Council and hampering growth in the Euro zone. Reuters reports that the rate-setting Council is plagued by leaks and public opposition from some policymakers to a lavish stimulus scheme championed by former ECB boss Mario Draghi. As IMF chief, Lagarde gained deep experience managing a major multilateral lender that will assist her in her role as the supervisor of all eurozone banks. She took members of the Governing Council on a private retreat outside the ECB building on 13 November in an attempt to tackle the dissension and plug the leaks. Schedules for the meetings of the Governing Council and General Council of the ECB

The financial agenda for the next week

Monday 16 December:

Four-day: European Parliament plenary session, Strasbourg

Business School of Competition Conference: A New ‘Consensus’ on Competition Policy in Digital Markets?

9th SRB / Industry Dialogue, SRB offices. EBF Head of Prudential Policy & Supervision Gonzalo Gasos attending

Tuesday 17 December:

EESC meeting of the Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion

Wednesday 18 December:

Governing Council of the ECB: Non-monetary policy meeting, Frankfurt

Thursday 19 December:

General Council meeting of the ECB, Frankfurt

Friday 20 December:

ECB euro area monthly balance of payments Frankfurt

*All events take place in Brussels unless stated otherwise

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