Czech Presidency puts focus on regions and cities' challenges and responses to crisis
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Czech Presidency puts focus on regions and cities Description: One of the Czech Republic's top priority during its six months in the chair of the Council of the European Union will be to cope with the influx of displaced Ukrainians forced to flee because of Russia's invasion, Deputy Prime Minister Ivan Bartoš told the European Committee of the Regions on 30 June. He also pledged to try to make it easier for regions and cities to secure EU funding for the support of refugees and speed up the transition towards safe and sustainable energy.
Future of Europe: Local and regional leaders support the call for a Convention to revise EU treaties
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Future of Europe: Local and regional leaders support the call for a Convention to revise EU treaties Description: Local and regional leaders adopted a resolution on the outcome and follow-up of the Conference on the Future of Europe (COFE) at their Plenary session. They call for the swift follow-up and implementation of the recommendations expressed in the report in order to meet citizens' expectations and they consider that an ambitious reform of the functioning of the EU to meet the challenges ahead requires Treaty revisions. A future Convention should fully involve members of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) to represent the voices of the over 1 million regionally and locally elected politicians in Europe, in order also to strengthen the local and regional dimensions of EU policies.
ESMA stress test of Central Counterparties finds clearing system resilient
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: ESMA stress test of Central Counterparties finds clearing system Description: The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has published the results of its fourth stress test exercise of Central Counterparties (CCPs). The results confirm the overall resilience of European Union (EU) CCPs, as well as third-country Tier 2 CCPs, to credit, concentration and operational risks under the tested scenarios and
EIOPA publishes monthly technical information for Solvency II Relevant Risk Free Interest Rate Term Structures – end-June 2022
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: EIOPA publishes monthly technical information for Solvency II Relevant Risk Free Interest Rate Term Structures – end-June 2022 - Eiopa European Commission Description: EIOPA publishes monthly technical information for Solvency II Relevant Risk Free Interest Rate Term Structures – end-June 2022
More cooperation with local authorities needed in EU enlargement process
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: More cooperation with local authorities needed in EU enlargement process Description: The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) on 29 June welcomed the increasing attention paid to local and regional government in the European Union's enlargement process, but added that the European Commission should now go further by focusing on encouraging national governments to cooperate more with regional and local governments. The recommendations are contained in the Committee's response to the European Commission's 2021 reports on reforms made by countries wishing to join the European Union.
EIOPA issues a staff paper on the proposal for an Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: EIOPA issues a staff paper on the proposal for an Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive - Eiopa European Commission Description: EIOPA issues a staff paper on the proposal for an Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive