European Financial Integration and Stability The International Role of the Euro Joint conference of the European Commission and the European Central Bank, Brussels - Main contents
| date | May 16, 2019 11:45 |
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| city | Brussels, Belgium |
| location | József Antall building (JAN) i  |
| station | EbS+ |
| attending | V. (Valdis) Dombrovskis i, (Philippe) Lamberts i et al. |
| organisation | European Commission (EC) i |
European Central Bank, European Commission,
Business, taxation and competition, Economy and the euro,
Each year, the European Commission (EC) and the European Central Bank (ECB) organise a joint high-level conference on European financial integration and stability. This year’s conference will devote specific attention to the international role of the euro. Other sessions will focus on the challenges to EU banking and capital markets in the digital age.
EC Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis and ECB Vice-President Luis de Guindos will give keynote speeches at the conference. Key policymakers, financial market and industry leaders, and renowned academics will discuss the international role of the euro and challenges to banking and capital markets in several high-level panel sessions.
On this occasion, the European Commission will release its annual European financial stability and integration review.
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