24
Apr
2024
Amending Directive 2013/36/EU as regards supervisory powers, sanctions, third-country branches, and environmental, social and governance risks - Amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards requirements for credit risk, credit valuation adjustment risk, operational risk, market risk and the output floor (joint debate - Banking Union)
Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! Today we voted on the new crisis protection rules in the banking sector. It is crucial that taxpayers are not asked to pay for the bailout of banks again, as they did in the financial crisis 15 years ago. That's why we need strict rules for banks in crisis. But we should also have learned from this how, for example, regional banks have been able fo…