Europe’s competitiveness agenda reaches a turning point before the year ends. Banking regulation, the 2028-2034 EU budget and the first European Affordable Housing Plan are all entering their decisive phase.

Public and promotional banks sit at the centre of all three debates. They turn EU and national resources into investment on the ground, and that is where sovereignty is built. Sovereignty is no longer a slogan. It is an investment programme, and it starts at home.

Join senior EU representatives and leaders of public and promotional banks from across Europe for a moderated panel discussion on:

• Simplification and proportionality in banking regulation
• The MFF endgame: funding competitiveness, the real economy and cohesion
• Financing affordable housing and local energy independence

Panelists

• Mr Olaf Prüssmann, Director, Economic Policy and Financial Services (ECOFIN.1), General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union
• Mr Matthew Baldwin, Deputy Director General, DG MOVE, and Head of the European Commission Housing Taskforce
• Prof. Philip von Brockdorff, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee (Workers’ Group) and Rapporteur on the EESC opinion on boosting the capacity of the EIB and national promotional banks
• Ms Philippine Risch, Chief Executive Officer, BNG Bank
• Ms Sophie Barbier, Director for European Affairs, Caisse des Dépôts (CDC)

Moderator: Ms Merle Becker

Programme

18:00 Registration and welcome aperitif
18:30 Welcome remarks
18:50 Panel discussion
19:45 Presentation of the EAPB’s contribution and closing remarks by the Secretary General
19:50 Walking dinner

Please register by Friday, 13 November 2026. Places are limited. Contact us if you have trouble registering.

* Photographs will be taken during the event. By registering, you accept this. If you prefer not to be photographed, please tell our photographer on the day.