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Chair opens the joint ECON–LIBE meeting, adopts the agenda, announces interpretation arrangements, rapporteurs for each committee, and explains that voting will be electronic with a possible subsequent mandate vote for inter‑institutional negotiations.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Ordinary meeting
ECON and LIBE open a dedicated joint session on extending simplified SME‑type requirements to critical‑infrastructure mid‑caps and establishing a harmonised EU definition of small and mid‑cap enterprises, then adopt the amended proposal and the mandate for inter‑institutional negotiations, closing the file at committee level.
The committee votes sequentially on compromise amendments and INTA amendments (1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and others), noting which are adopted, and conducts an electronic check on a contested raised-hand vote that results in rejection by 96 votes against. After adopting further compromise and INTA amendments, the chair opens the final electronic vote on the overall text.
The co-chair welcomes members and attempts to give the floor to the ECON rapporteur, who is absent, before hearing Niels Hansen and Lukas Mandel underline the importance of defining SME/SMC thresholds and of reducing regulatory burdens to boost European competitiveness and prosperity. The voting chair then takes over, conducts a test electronic vote, and confirms the system works before starting the formal voting session.
The Chair opens the joint ECON–ENVI–LIBE meeting, adopts the agenda, announces language interpretation, and presents the mid-caps Omnibus file extending SME mitigating measures to small mid-cap enterprises with further simplifications. He names the three co-rapporteurs and explains that voting will be electronic and, if adopted, followed by a mandate to enter interinstitutional negotiations.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Ordinary meeting
Chairs launch the joint vote on the mid‑caps Omnibus file extending SME mitigations to small mid‑caps, conduct test and substantive votes on compromise and INTA amendments, adopt the amended report and approve the mandate to open inter‑institutional negotiations to adjust size thresholds and regulatory burdens for competitiveness.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Ordinary meeting
Greens and EPP further debate real‑economy impacts, crisis risks and the quality of the Commission proposal, while the rapporteur responds on strengthening European true sale markets, EU‑level supervision and SME/mid‑cap financing, and indicates the planned ECON committee vote and expected stance for trilogues with Council.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Ordinary meeting
The Chair opens the securitisation package item, the rapporteur sets out priorities on CRR changes, STS and centralised supervision, and S&D, ID/ECR, Renew, Greens and EPP speakers outline contrasting positions on capital relief, synthetic deals, sanctions, ESMA’s role and safeguards to ensure securitisation supports the real economy without undermining financial stability.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Ordinary meeting
In a shorter second round, MEPs press Vujčić on divergent inflation and growth across the euro area, climate risk integration into monetary and supervisory frameworks, and transparency over BIS‑related remuneration, before he restates his commitments and the Chair announces the ECON and plenary vote timetable for his appointment.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Ordinary meeting
MEPs from EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens, ECR and the Left question Vujčić on fiscal dominance, banking regulation simplification, MiCA and multi‑currency stablecoins, EDIS and Banking Union completion, Croatia’s inflation after euro entry, QE/TPI design, home–host supervision and the euro’s international role, eliciting detailed views on risk calibration, market integration and ECB tools.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Ordinary meeting
The Chair opens the ECON meeting, explains the legal basis and structure of the ECB Vice‑President hearing, and Boris Vujčić presents his professional background, Croatia’s euro adoption experience and his focus on price stability, financial stability, the digital euro, CMU/Banking Union and ECB accountability to Parliament.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs with MEP EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY WEEK 2026
Experts call for national capital‑market reforms, simple retail products and careful treatment of pensions within SIU, while the co‑chairs frame SIU as key to EU strategic autonomy, identify legal and trust barriers, and close the meeting with a call for continued interparliamentary engagement.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs with MEP EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY WEEK 2026
Costas Mavrides and 3 others
MEPs and MPs discuss market fragmentation, ESMA’s role, impact assessments, investment culture, coalitions of willing member states, euro international role, mobilisation of private savings, and balancing simplified products with investor protection and Banking Union completion.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs with MEP EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY WEEK 2026
Chairs frame the Savings and Investments Union and 2025 market integration package, restate procedures, and introduce experts from New Financial, Better Finance and PensionsEurope on CMU lessons, retail investors, and the role of funded pensions.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs with MEP EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY WEEK 2026
Experts close by stressing competition policy, EU‑level supervision and offensive tech sovereignty, while the co‑chairs summarise the competitiveness debate, underline the role of parliaments for the next MFF and competitiveness instruments, and announce the shift to the Savings and Investments Union.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs with MEP EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY WEEK 2026
MEPs and national MPs question the experts and debate technological sovereignty, labour and skills, raw materials, state aid, the Green Deal, protectionism, migration, payment systems, the digital euro, and scaling European startups through deeper capital markets and pension capital.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs with MEP EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY WEEK 2026
Experts from Bruegel, CERRE and Eurochambres present views on using defense spending for EU industrial policy, realistic digital sovereignty and targeted regulation, and SME concerns over cybersecurity rules, single market gaps and investment union needs.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs with MEP EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY WEEK 2026
Chairs open the ECON interparliamentary meeting, set the agenda around technological sovereignty and competitiveness, give procedural instructions, and introduce the expert panel for the first session.
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