Former Chief Economist of European Central Bank gives evidence

• Parliament TV: Completing Europe's Economic and Monetary Union
• Inquiry: Completing Europe's Economic and Monetary Union
• EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee

Witnesses

Thursday 3 March in Committee Room 3, Palace of Westminster

At 10.30am

• Professor Otmar Issing, President, Center for Financial Studies

Possible questions

The witness is likely to answer questions on the following areas:

• The Five Presidents' Report and the actions introduced in the short term by the European Commission on 21 October
• Potential democratic accountability arrangements in the instance of greater political integration
• The definition and practicalities of fiscal union
• The prospects of the proposed European Deposit Insurance Scheme
• Legacy problems in national banking systems
• Capital Markets Union in the eurozone and wider EU
• Fiscal rules in relation to the sustainability of economic and monetary union
• Possible impacts of current account imbalances on the euro area
• The actions of the ECB in relation to aggregate demand in the euro area

Further information

• About Parliament: Select committees
• Visiting Parliament: Watch committees

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