On 20 July 2021, the European Commission presented a package of legislative proposals in the area of anti-money-laundering efforts and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). The package includes a proposal for a regulation on preventing the use of the financial system for money laundering or terrorist financing. The proposed regulation would be the central element of what is commonly referred to as an EU 'single rulebook' on AML/CFT. Its detailed and directly applicable provisions would replace the minimum rules of the EU AML directives currently in force. In this podcast, we’ll examine the European Commission proposal to strengthen the EU's anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist financing rules, which is vital to ensure financial stability and security in our continent.

EPRS policy podcast - Fighting money laundering and counter terrorist financing

Green bonds are committed to financing or re-financing investments, projects, expenditure or assets helping to address climate and environmental issues. Both governments and companies use them to finance the transition to a more sustainable and low-carbon economy. Since the EIB inaugurated the green bond market in 2007 with its Climate Awareness Bond, the market has grown very fast, but it still represents only about 3 to 3.5 % of overall bond issuance. The green bond market needs to grow more quickly to achieve the targets in the Paris Agreement. In this podcast, we’ll talk about European green bonds, a tool for financing green investments that can help us make the transition to a low-carbon economy, and how a European standard could be become global.

EPRS policy podcast - European green bonds: A standard for Europe, open to the world

The dramatic consequences of climate change and environmental degradation have brought the need for a more sustainable economy to the top of the agenda. Transforming the EU economy to make it more sustainable requires large investments, especially for enabling a green and low-carbon transition. Given that the public sector alone cannot cover this financial need, solutions have been sought to bring the private sector on board.

EPRS policy podcast - Green and sustainable finance

ECON - Economic Dialogue and exchange of views with Vincent VAN PETEGHEM, ECOFIN President and Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance

ACP-EU JPA / Meeting of the Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade

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EC read out by Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, EC Executive Vice-President for Economy and Mairead MCGUINNESS, Commissioner  for financial services on a new sustainable finance framework

Info-session for leaving Members    DG Finance

ACP-EU JPA committee on economi development, finance, trade

Kestävä rahoitus (lyhyt esittely)

Sustainable finance (short presentation)

ACP-EU JPA / Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade: Inga Urban

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ACP-EU JPA / Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade

Pohdinta-asiakirja EU:n rahoituksen tulevaisuudesta vuoteen 2025 saakka (keskustelu)

Reflection paper on the future of EU finances by 2025 (debate)

ACP-EU - Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade

Kestävä rahoitus (keskustelu)

Sustainable finance (debate)

Pk-yritysten rahoituksen saatavuus ja pk-yritysten rahoituksen monimuotoisuuden lisääminen pääomamarkkinaunionissa - Paras tapa hyödyntää pk-yritysten mahdollisuudet työpaikkojen luontiin (keskustelu)

Access to finance for SMEs and increasing the diversity of SME funding in a Capital Markets Union - How best to harness the job creation potential of SMEs? (debate)

Pk-yritysten rahoituksen saanti (keskustelu)

Access to finance for SMEs (debate)

ECON FEMM - Women in Economics and Finance: Debate on the next challenges in the EU

EPRS event ' EU long-term budget: Does the EU have enough resources to finance its priorities? '

Medical Equipment financed by the RRF/European Next Generation funds in an hospital of Madrid (Spain)

Open Finance at the Benefits of Consumers Conference

ECON ENVI joint meeting - Exchange of views with Mairead McGuinness, Commissioner for financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union, on the state of play in the developments of the remaining technical screening criteria and on the work of the Platform on Sustainable Finance

EP Plenary session - Borrowing strategy to finance NextGenerationEU

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Digital Finance

ECON Committee - Economic Dialogue and exchange of views with Zbynek Stanjura, ECOFIN President and Minister of Finance of the Czech Republic

ECON Committee - Economic Dialogue and exchange of views with Bruno Le Maire, ECOFIN President and Minister of the Economy, Finance and the Recovery of France

ECON Committee - Economic dialogue and exchange of views with Joao LEAO, ECOFIN Chair and Minister of State for Finance of Portugal

EP Plenary sessionSustainable Europe Investment Plan - How to finance the Green Deal

ECON Committee meeting - Exchange of views with ECOFIN Chair and Federal Minister of Finance and Vice Chancellor of Germany

A Military airplane from Bucharest, Romania arrives in Milan, Italy bringing in protective masks, part of Operation RescEU in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic on April 25, 2020

Coronavirus - Delivery of medical equipment from RescEU Reserve in ItalyOn 25 April 2020, FFP2 protective masks from the RescEU Reserve were delivered to Milan, Italy, to help Italian medical workers fight the coronavirus (COVID-19). The RescEU Reserve is coordinated and financed by the EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism and is hosted by Romania. This series shows the arrival of the masks in Milan and the departure from Italy of the Romanian medical team who has been sent to Lecco for two weeks, also coordinated by the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.

Fact finding mission of the Budgetary Control Committee to Czech Republic- Meeting with Vice Minister of Finance, Ms L. DUPAKOVA

Fact finding mission of the Budgetary Control Committee to Czech Republic.Monika HOHLMEIER and Tomas ZDECHOVSKÝ, members of the European Parliament arrive at the Czech Ministry of Finance in Prague on February 27, 2020.

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BUDG Committee meeting - Exchange of views with Zdravko MARIC, Croatian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance on the priorities of the Croatian Presidency of the Council

EP Delegation to COP25 Chile (Madrid) - 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - Pradeep KURUKULASURIYA, Executive Coordinator Environmental Finance of United Nations Development Program (UNDP), 3rd on the left poses for a family photo with EP Delegation in Madrid, on December 11, 2019.

During the Plenary session in Strasbourg Younous OMARJEE (The Left, FR), Chair of the REGI, Gilles SIMEONI, President of the Executive Council of Corsica, and Rosario SÁNCHEZ GRAU, Minister for Finance and External Relations of the Balearic Islands hold a press conference on EU Islands and cohesion policy.

EU Islands and cohesion policy: press conference by Younous OMARJEE (The Left, FR), Chair of the REGI Committee, Gilles SIMEONI, President of the Executive Council of Corsica, and Rosario SÁNCHEZ GRAU, Minister for Finance of Balearic Islands

Votes on requests for urgent procedure, including: Medicinal products made available in the UK with respect to Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Ireland and Malta - Pascal CANFIN (Renew, FR); Increased pre-financing from REACT-EU resources; Security of gas supply and conditions for access to natural gas transmission networks; Strengthening the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms - Samira RAFAELA (Renew, NL) and Kira Marie PETER-HANSEN (Greens/EFA, DK); Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System - Cyrus ENGERER (S&D, MT); Use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road - Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR (EPP, PT); The future of fisheries in the Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean in the light of the UK's withdrawal from the EU - Manuel PIZARRO (S&D, PT);

Voting session: votes on requests for urgent procedure

The Constitutional Affairs Committee discuss the recast of regulation laying down the conditions governing the statute and funding of European political parties and foundations. Co-rapporteur Charles GOERENS (Renew, LU) explains that the recast proposal intends to introduce a co-financing rate for European political parties, allow political groups from Council of Europe to join EU political groups and to include in the statute of political parties their internal rules on gender equality.

The funding of European political parties: statement by Charles GOERENS (Renew, LU), co-rapporteur - AFCO Committee

MEPs will debate and vote on the approval of €150 million in macro-financial aid for Moldova to cover part of the country’s external financing needs. The EU will pay out the support - €120 million in loans and €30 million in grants - in three instalments to help the Moldovan government stabilise its economy. Closing statements by Markéta GREGOROVÁ (Greens/EFA, CZ), rapporteur and by Paolo GENTILONI, European Commissioner for Economy.

Macro-financial assistance to the Republic of Moldova: closing statements by Markéta GREGOROVÁ (Greens/EFA, CZ), rapporteur and by Paolo GENTILONI, European Commissioner for Economy

MEPs will debate and vote on the approval of €150 million in macro-financial aid for Moldova to cover part of the country’s external financing needs. The EU will pay out the support - €120 million in loans and €30 million in grants - in three instalments to help the Moldovan government stabilise its economy.

Macro-financial assistance to the Republic of Moldova: MEPs debate

MEPs will decide on the approval of €150 million in macro-financial aid for Moldova to cover part of the country’s external financing needs. The EU will pay out the support - €120 million in loans and €30 million in grants - in three instalments to help the Moldovan government stabilise its economy. Opening statements by Markéta GREGOROVÁ (Greens/EFA, CZ), rapporteur and by Paolo GENTILONI, European Commissioner for Economy.

Macro-financial assistance to the Republic of Moldova: opening statements by Markéta GREGOROVÁ (Greens/EFA, CZ), rapporteur and by Paolo GENTILONI, European Commissioner for Economy

This European Parliamentary Week, is jointly organised by the European Parliament, the French National Assembly and the French Senate. MEPs and national parliamentarians from EU, candidate, and observer countries gather to discuss economic, budgetary, employment and social issues. Roberta METSOLA, EP President, opens the meeting in a recorded message from Luxembourg. Introduction by Dita CHARANZOVÁ (Renew,CZ), Eric WOERTH, Chair of the Finance Committee of the French Assembly, Claude RAYNAL, Chair of the Finance Committee of the French Senate and key-intervention by Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission (video message).

Conference - Inter-parliamentary on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EU: opening statements

Following the success of the first edition, launched by the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee in October 2020, the European Parliament is holding a second European Gender Equality Week from 25 to 28 October. The Members of the Committee for Economic and Monetary Affairs encourage progress and change in EU politics as well as financial and economic governance.

Women in Finance and Economics: Statements by members of the EP Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Clip collecting statements by members of the EP Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs to encourage progress and change in EU politics as well as financial and economic governance.

Clip: Women in Finance and Economics

Campaign of the Economic and monetary Affairs Committee to promote women in leading roles of Economic and Financial institutions. Statements by high-profile women who currently hold such positions on their experience and message, Irene TINAGLI, Chair of the ECON Committee, Mairead MCGUINNESS, European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union, Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank, Isabel SCHNABEL, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, Elke KÖNIG, Chair of the Single Resolution Board.

Women on board in Economics and Finance - Gender equality in finance and economics - statements by leading women in EU institutions

During the plenary session (11-13/11/2020) of the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs discuss and vote remotedly on Parliament’s input to the Sustainable European Investment Plan that would allow a smooth transition to a carbon-neutral EU in 2050.

Sustainable Europe Investment Plan - How to finance the Green Deal: extracts from the debate (12/11) and from the vote on the report Siegfried MUREŞAN (EPP,RO) and Paul TANG (S&D,NL)

MEPs exchange views on economic dialogue with Olaf SCHOLZ, ECOFIN Chair, German Federal Minister of Finance and German Vice Chancellor, during a meeting of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Exchange of views with Olaf SCHOLZ, ECOFIN Chair, German Federal Minister of Finance and German Vice Chancellor: extracts from the debate

A delegation of the Budgetary Control Committee (CONT) goes on a fact-finding mission to Prague, to meet with farmers, NGOs, members of the judiciary and government and ask questions on how EU funds are distributed and accessed. Alerted by reports of a possible conflict of interest of Czechia’s Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, MEPs want to make sure that Czech taxpayers’ money benefits the public good and not only a few privileged individuals. Meeting with Lenka DUPÁKOVÁ, Vice Minister of Finance, and statement by Monika HOHLMEIER (EPP, ED), Chair of the EP Budgetary Control Committee.

CONT Fact-finding mission to Czech Republic: meeting with Lenka DUPÁKOVÁ, Czech Vice Minister of Finance, and statement by Monika HOHLMEIER (EPP, ED), Chair of the EP Budgetary Control Committee

During the plenary session (22-25/10/2018) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Antonio TAJANI, EP President, participates to the event on the fiscal agreement with Bruno LE MAIRE, French Minister of the Economy and Finance. Arrivals and roundtable. Statements by Bruno LE MAIRE, French Minister of the Economy and Finance, Roberto GUALTIERI (S&D, IT), Elmar BROK (EPP, DE) and Antonio TAJANI, EP President.

Antonio TAJANI, EP President, participates to the event on the fiscal agreement with Bruno LE MAIRE, French Minister of the Economy and Finance: extracts from the speeches

The Special committee on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance (TAX) and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) exchange of views on digital taxation with Bruno LE MAIRE, French Minister of the Economy and Finance, during the plenary session (22-25/10/2018) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Digital taxation: extracts from the exchange of views with Bruno LE MAIRE, French Minister of the Economy and Finance

During the meeting of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, MEPs participate in the exchange of views with Olaf SCHOLZ, German Federal Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Finance on the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) package proposals. Extracts from the exchange of views.

Exchange of views with Olaf SCHOLZ, German Federal Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Finance on EMU package proposals, at the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs: extracts

During the meeting of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, MEPs participate in the exchange of views with Olaf SCHOLZ, German Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Finance on the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) package proposals. Opening speech

Exchange of views with Olaf SCHOLZ, German Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Finance, at the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs: opening speech by Olaf SCHOLZ

This stockshot provides examples of EU-financed projects under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA), filmed in 2015, in The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

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