On the 27th May 2009 in what will possibly be the final act of this Commission (and arguably the most important), CION (the insiders short-hand for the European Commission) will bring forward its proposals for banking supervision and regulation reform to ECOFIN (the European Finance Ministers) and then to the European Council  (Heads of State and Government) in June. It’s political with a big ‘P’ now.

Charlie McCREEVY European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Keynote Speech

QUOTATION (CONCLUSION): Let me be clear: it was the joint impact of both macro and micro factors that resulted in the market excesses and the emergence of unprecedented systemic risks that we have experienced in recent times. There is, therefore, a fundamental need to strengthen both the micro- and macro-prudential pillars. And we should do this in a way that achieves valuable synergies and has a mutually reinforcing impact on overall financial stability.

The 3L3 Committees, CESR, CEBS and CEIOPS, published today their joint response to the European Commission’s consultation on improving the supervision of EU financial markets. The joint response also includes in an annex, the three Committees’ sectoral views on the proposals made by the high-level group (“the Group”) on the structure of financial supervision in the EU, chaired by Jacques de Larosière, which were endorsed by the Commission’s Communication of 4 March 2009.