European Central Bank 51d ago

Session 2 How can a more integrated banking sector enhance the competitiveness of the EU economy? Chair: Frank Elderson, member of the Executive Board and Vice-Chair of the Single Supervisory Mechanism, ECB Panellists: • Jonás Fernández Álvarez, Member of the European Parliament (Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats) and member of the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs • María Abascal, Director General of the Spanish Banking Association and Chair of EBF Executive Committee • Britta Schmidt, Senior EU Banks Analyst, Autonomous Research • Ignazio Angeloni, Senior Policy Fellow, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE (Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe), Goethe University Frankfurt The conference took place on 7 May 2026. See the conference programme here: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/260507-european-financial-integration.en.html Watch all sessions from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Y49BF8mTQ&list=PLnVAEZuF9FZlLRLPr0lrYXqh4DcZfWRBT