The meeting focused on the completion of the Banking Union – one of the main political initiatives pursued in the aftermath of the financial crisis to create a safer and sounder financial sector for the single market.
The Ministers had a minute of silence in memory of UK MP Jo Cox.
Pier Carlo Padoan, Italian Finance Minister, commented after the meeting: ‘I am looking forward to continue working with my fellow social democrat ministers to complete the banking union – for the well-functioning of the financial sector, and for the stability of our common currency.
Risk sharing and risk reduction in the banking sector are essential to ensure a strong and stable Union. A European Deposit Guarantee Scheme along with a common backstop to the Single Resolution Fund are also pivotal to safeguard citizens’ deposits. I intend to work with my social democrat counterparts towards the protection of citizens’ deposits, reinstating trust in the banking sector and ensuring that the financial sector is stable.’
The meeting was also attended by French Finance Minister Michel Sapin, Swedish Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson, Maltese Finance Minister Edward Scicluna, Swedish State Secretary Karolina Ekholm, Swedish State Secretary Leif Jakobsson, and Portuguese State Secretary Ricardo Mourinho Felix.
