The European Banking Union - How Will it Contribute to Financial Stability in Europe - Policy Panel in the frame of the conference: "Achieving Sustainable Financial Stability"

Facilitator: Marcel Fratzscher (German Institute for Economic Research, DIW Berlin)
Panelists: Elke Gurlit (University Mainz), Levin Holle (Ministry of Finance), Jörg Rocholl (ESMT European School of Management and Technology)

The panelists will mainly tackle the following issues:

• What are the risks during the transition phase?

• Has the new supervisory agency all the necessary tools, the information and the independence to work efficient?

• Are important problems like the " too big to fail " problem still unresolved despite the European Banking Union?

• What incentives for risk-taking arise in a European Banking Union?

• Which other economic and fiscal conditions are required to make the Banking Union successful in the long term?

• How important is the conflict of interest between monetary policy and banking supervision?

• What institutional framework is needed in Europe?

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