While the upcoming European Parliament elections will have more of an indirect impact on policymaking in general, the EU environment for the financial services industry will also be shaped by external factors such as competitiveness, macro-economic and fiscal pressures, geopolitical tensions, and the challenges and opportunities of new technologies. In the context of the Letta and Draghi reports, the need to revive the Capital Markets Union (CMU) and to mobilise private funding to deliver on the digital and environmental “twin transitions” is already emerging as a key priority.

To shed light on what this entails for the next Commission’s agenda, Flint Partner and Managing Director Europe Gregor Kreuzhuber hosts a discussion between Flint’s financial services experts:

• David Wright, Flint Senior Adviser, Chair of Eurofi and former Deputy Director General at DG FISMA
• Fiona Wright, Flint Partner