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Finance Watch

Finance Watch works to rebalance private and public interest representation, in order for finance to better serve society.

Lobbying Activity

Response to COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS The EU-Anti-Poverty Strategy

23 Oct 2025

Meeting with Almoro Rubin De Cervin (Head of Unit Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

13 Oct 2025 · Banking policy

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2025 · Meeting with Finance Watch

Meeting with Martin Schirdewan (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

12 Sept 2025 · Nachhaltige Finanzen und die Definition von umstrittenen Waffen

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 as regards technical provisions, long-term guarantee measures, own funds, equity risk, spread risk on securitisation positions, other standard formula capital requirements, reporting and disclosure, proportionality and group solvency

5 Sept 2025

Response to Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the framework for achieving climate preparedness and resilience and laying down harmonised rules on climate risk management, and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action

3 Sept 2025

Meeting with Cristina Dias (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque), Philippe Thill (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque) and European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users

6 Aug 2025 · Financing of both institutions.

Response to COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Consumer Agenda 2025-2030 and Action Plan on Consumers in the Single Market

22 Jul 2025

Meeting with Maria Ohisalo (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

19 Jun 2025 · AI in financial services

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Jun 2025 · Exchange of view

Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Jun 2025 · Sustainable finance

Meeting with Jussi Saramo (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Jun 2025 · AI in financial services

Meeting with Fernando Navarrete Rojas (Member of the European Parliament)

14 May 2025 · Euro Digital

Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

30 Apr 2025 · FIDA

Meeting with Alessandra Sgobbi (Head of Unit Climate Action)

10 Apr 2025 · Exchange of views on sustainability reporting and transition plans

Meeting with Cristina Dias (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque), Elena Arveras (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque), Larisa Dragomir (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque)

31 Mar 2025 · Exchange on sustainability related aspects in insurance regulation

Meeting with Arba Kokalari (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

26 Mar 2025 · AI in Financial Services

Response to Savings and Investments Union

7 Mar 2025

Meeting with Fabio De Masi (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Mar 2025 · Digital Euro

Meeting with Aurore Lalucq (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

18 Feb 2025 · Mobilising Private Investment and Building a Genuine Savings and Investment Union (SIU)

Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

31 Jan 2025 · FIDA

Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Jan 2025 · Savings and Investment Union

Meeting with Aurore Lalucq (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Jan 2025 · Omnibus, Sustainable Finance

Meeting with Bas Eickhout (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Jan 2025 · Omnibus

Meeting with Pasquale Tridico (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Jan 2025 · Meeting with Peter Norwood, Senior Research and Advocacy Officer of Finance Watch

Meeting with Maria Luís Albuquerque (Commissioner) and

11 Dec 2024 · The Savings and Investment Union Sustainable Finance

Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Dec 2024 · Savings and Investments Union

Meeting with Rasmus Andresen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

3 Dec 2024 · Framework for financial data access

Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament) and

3 Dec 2024 · Savings and Investments Union

Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament) and

3 Dec 2024 · CMU

Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Nov 2024 · CRR, Securitisation + Sustainable Finance

Meeting with Arash Saeidi (Member of the European Parliament) and

13 Nov 2024 · Échange de point de vue

Meeting with Fabio De Masi (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Nov 2024 · Sustainable finance

Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Nov 2024 · Savings and Investments Union

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Nov 2024 · CSRD

Meeting with Aurore Lalucq (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

17 Oct 2024 · Financial Services (including retail), Banking, Securitization

Meeting with Jussi Saramo (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Oct 2024 · Talouspolitiikka

Meeting with Dirk Gotink (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2024 · banking reform and supervision

Meeting with Jonás Fernández (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Sept 2024 · Sustainable and inclusive EU financial system

Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

12 Sept 2024 · Retail Investment Strategy

Meeting with Aurore Lalucq (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

5 Sept 2024 · Priorités de la mandature

Meeting with Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

11 Mar 2024 · Sustainable Finance

Meeting with Martin Schirdewan (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

6 Mar 2024 · Bankenkrisenmanagement

Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

13 Dec 2023 · Retail financial services and financial inclusion, sustainable finance and financial Stability

Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs

7 Dec 2023 · Retail investment Strategy

Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

16 Nov 2023 · Solvency II

Meeting with Eero Heinäluoma (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

10 Nov 2023 · Solvency II

Meeting with Eero Heinäluoma (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

6 Nov 2023 · Framework for Financial Data Access and amending Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010, (EU) No 1094/2010, (EU) No 1095/2010 and (EU) 2022/2554.

Meeting with José Gusmão (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Oct 2023 · CMDI: Revision of the bank crisis management and deposit insurance framework

Meeting with Martin Schirdewan (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

23 Oct 2023 · Bankenkrisenmanagement

Meeting with Joachim Schuster (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Oct 2023 · CMDI (on staff level)

Meeting with Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness) and

17 Oct 2023 · Sustainable finance

Meeting with José Gusmão (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Dezernat Zukunft e.V.

10 Oct 2023 · New Economic Governance Rules

Meeting with Aurore Lalucq (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

27 Sept 2023 · ESG ratings

Meeting with Chris Macmanus (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

20 Sept 2023 · Digital Euro Legislation (meeting taken by staff)

Meeting with Martin Schirdewan (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

19 Sept 2023 · Reform of bank crisis management and deposit insurance framework

Meeting with Aurore Lalucq (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Sept 2023 · Gouvernance économique

Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

6 Sept 2023 · Macroprudential framework, climate-related risks and open finance

Meeting with Esther De Lange (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

6 Sept 2023 · Economic Governance Review - APA

Meeting with Aurore Lalucq (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

4 Sept 2023 · ESG rating

Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner) and

18 Jul 2023 · Distribution of Retail financial products

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards sustainability reporting standards

7 Jul 2023

Meeting with Joachim Schuster (Member of the European Parliament)

23 May 2023 · Economic governance review

Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

4 May 2023 · DMFSD

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

27 Apr 2023 · EU-Lieferkettengesetz/ Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive - Staff Level

Meeting with Valeria Miceli (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen) and

25 Apr 2023 · Retail Investment Strategy with a particular focus on ban on inducements

Meeting with José Gusmão (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

14 Feb 2023 · Banking Union - annual report 2022

Meeting with Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders) and

17 Jan 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Claude Gruffat (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

19 Dec 2022 · DMFSD

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Dec 2022 · Green finance

Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Leaseurope

7 Dec 2022 · DMFSD

Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

1 Dec 2022 · Solvency II

Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

13 Oct 2022 · CRR3 (staff)

Meeting with Margarida Marques (Member of the European Parliament) and Climate Action Network Europe

13 Oct 2022 · EU Economic Governance Review

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Oct 2022 · Austausch

Meeting with Jonás Fernández (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and The Bank of New York Mellon

5 Oct 2022 · EU Banking Package 2021

Meeting with Ville Niinistö (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

16 Aug 2022 · CRR/CRD - staff level

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Jun 2022 · Green finance

Meeting with Henrike Hahn (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

15 Jun 2022 · Solvency 2

Response to Package of measures aimed at implementing the retail investment strategy (see separate Decide Planning entry)

30 May 2022

Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

19 May 2022 · sustainable finance retail investment

Meeting with Malte Gallée (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

22 Apr 2022 · Discussing debt collection in the context of Consumer Credit Directive

Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

11 Mar 2022 · CRR (staff)

Meeting with Eero Heinäluoma (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

1 Mar 2022 · Anti-money laundering

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards requirements for credit risk, credit valuation adjustment risk, operational risk, market risk and the output floor

23 Feb 2022

Meeting with Isabelle Perignon (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders)

20 Jan 2022 · consumer protection when purchasing financial services in an increasingly digitalised world

Meeting with Damian Boeselager (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Jan 2022 · Green Bonds

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2009/138/EC as regards proportionality, quality of supervision, reporting, long-term guarantee measures, macro-prudential tools, sustainability risks, group and cross-border supervision

10 Jan 2022

Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

10 Dec 2021 · CMU, Sustainable Finance, Digital Finance

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

8 Nov 2021 · Sustainable Corporate Governance

Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner)

26 Oct 2021 · Ms Helena Dalli delivers a keynote speech via videoconference at “the Gender Perspective in Financial Inclusion: a Key to Social Inclusion and Equality for all EU Residents” conference, organized by Finance Watch

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament) and AXA

8 Sept 2021 · Green finance

Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

20 May 2021 · Prudential regulation and climate risk, Basel III implementation, and the Solvency II

Meeting with Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

18 May 2021 · Basel III, Solvency II

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Apr 2021 · Green finance

Meeting with Salla Saastamoinen (Director-General Justice and Consumers)

14 Apr 2021 · Discussion on sustainable corporate governance

Meeting with Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

8 Apr 2021 · CRR review & Climate Related Risks

Meeting with Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders)

7 Apr 2021 · Sustainable Corporate Governance

Meeting with Isabelle Perignon (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders)

19 Mar 2021 · to discuss consumer credit issues in the EU, including the review of the Consumer Credit Directive (CCD)

Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner) and

2 Feb 2021 · Sustainable Finance

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives

18 Dec 2020

Meeting with Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

18 Dec 2020 · Bank prudential regulation and climate risk

Meeting with Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

18 Dec 2020 · Bank regulation and Climate change

Response to Proposal for a Directive amending Directive 2008/48/EC on consumer credit agreements

31 Aug 2020

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President) and

28 May 2020 · COVID-19 relief measures

Response to Communication from the Commission – Towards a new comprehensive approach to preventing and combating money laundering and terrorism financing

11 Mar 2020

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and

26 Sept 2019 · Banking Union, CMU, Sustainable Finance, Financial inclusion

Response to Evaluation of Directive 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 concerning the distance marketing of consumer financial services

4 Jan 2019

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment

3 Aug 2018

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on disclosures relating to sustainable investments and sustainability risks and amending Directive (EU) 2016/2341

3 Aug 2018

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 on low carbon benchmarks and positive carbon impact benchmarks

3 Aug 2018

Response to Evaluation of Directive 2008/48/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 April 2008 on credit agreements for consumers and repealing Council Directive 87/102/EEC

26 Jul 2018

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2359 with regard to environmental, social and governance preferences in the distribution of insurance-based investment products

21 Jun 2018

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Regulation (EU) 2017/565 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards organisational requirements and operating conditions for investment firms and defined terms for the purposes of that Directive

21 Jun 2018

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on credit servicers, credit purchasers and the recovery of collateral

8 Jun 2018

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on European Crowdfunding Service Providers (ECSP) for Business

11 May 2018

Meeting with Elina Melngaile (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

23 May 2017 · PSD2 and CMU mid term review

Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President) and

3 Apr 2017 · Sustainability finance in the mid-term review of the Capital Markets Union

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and

22 Apr 2016 · Introduction of Finance Watch; Financial regulatroy issues; Financial Markets reform

Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

3 Feb 2016 · Le place d'un cadre juridique pour le possible financement futur de vos organisations.

Meeting with Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

3 Feb 2016 · multiannual financing, CMU and retail financial services

Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

14 Jan 2016 · Future plans of DG FISMA

Meeting with Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

19 Nov 2015 · Better Regulation

Meeting with Jack Schickler (Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill)

23 Jul 2015 · Non-bank resolution and Capital Markets Union

Meeting with Michelle Sutton (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

20 Jan 2015 · Better Regulation, Transparency, Financial Services