Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 06/2011

The EU's Response to the Financial Crisis: A mid-term review

Karel Lannoo

April 2011

Centre for European Policy Studies

Abstract

Two years after the London G-20, CEPS Chief Executive Karel Lannoo finds that the EU is well advanced in delivering on the commitments made for the 2013 target date. Important steps have been taken on the institutional side, and regulatory changes are moving ahead. On some issues, in fact, such as remuneration, the EU has made even greater headway than the US. But certain key sensitive matters remain, such as bank resolution or structural changes.