European Banking Authority: appointment of the Chair

The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs adopted the report by Roberto GUALTIERI (S&D, IT) on the appointment of the Chairperson of the European Banking Authority.

On 19 February 2019, the Board of Supervisors of the European Banking Authority selected José Manuel Campa as Chairperson of the Authority and informed Parliament accordingly.

The committee then proceeded to evaluate the credentials of the candidate selected by the Board of Supervisors of the European Banking Authority. On 26 February 2019, the committee held a hearing with José Manuel Campa, at which he made an opening statement and then responded to questions from the members of the committee.

On this basis, the committee recommended that the European Parliament approve the appointment of José Manuel CAMPA (ES) as Chairperson of the European Banking Authority for a period of five years.

It is important to note that despite the numerous calls made by the European Parliament in previous nominations to respect gender balance when presenting a list of candidates, all candidates were men. The committee called for this request to be respected for the next nomination.