The European Commission (Commission) has published its work programme for 2025. The work programme consists of a communication discussing the Commission’s main plans and priorities and is accompanied by an Annex listing new initiatives and their expected timings, as well as initiatives the Commission intends to withdraw.
The communication emphasises that the
The European Commission (Commission) has published its Competitiveness Compass (Compass). The Compass is a policy document that describes the overall Commission policy on increasing the EU’s competitiveness over the coming five-year term. The Compass comes as a response to the reports published by Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi, which both warned
Introduction
2025 will mark a fresh start in the EU as the new European Commission (Commission), which has been in place since 1 December 2024, will begin its work. Although the new Commission’s work programme for 2025 will not be published until 11 February 2025, there are a number of new initiatives within
Introduction
Following a process that took nearly six months and started with the June 2024 European Parliament elections, the new European Commission (Commission) started its five-year term on 1 December 2024. The EU institutions have spent the previous month selecting, vetting, hearing, and voting on the new College of Commissioners, which consists of
On 9 October 2024, the European Commission (Commission) published a targeted consultation on the functioning of the EU securitization framework. The Commission writes that the size of the European securitisation market has decreased significantly since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis while the securitisation markets outside the EU have fully recovered and surpassed pre-crisis
On Tuesday 17 September, Commission Present-elect Ursula von der Leyen published her long-awaited list of European Commissioner-designates and the allocation of their portfolios. The presentation of the Commissioner-designates and their responsibilities is a key step in the transition to the 2024-2029 legislative term. The process for selecting candidate Commissioners has been complex so far, as
On 5 July 2024, there was published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJ), Directive (EU) 2024/1760 of 13 June 2024 on corporate sustainability due diligence and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 and Regulation (EU) 2023/2859.
The Directive enters into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the OJ (25 July
We have published a new online briefing note – UK General election: The Manifestos and the financial services sector.
The European Parliament elections took place between 6 and 9 June 2024. While the results are still coming in, the provisional data indicates that even though the traditional parties have retained their majority in the hemicycle, the more radical groupings on the right have gained more ground. This is in line with opinion polling carried
The European Parliament elections taking place between 6 and 9 June 2024 will signal the start of the next five-year EU legislative cycle. The results of the vote and the corresponding distribution of the 720 seats amongst political groups will have direct implications for the law-making process in the upcoming legislature. In addition, following the