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This policy portal provides a public interest perspective on the issues at stake and ongoing legislative debates in the field of financial regulation.
As major rules for financial institutions are set at the EU rather than national level, EU legislators play the key role. Adequate rules are of crucial importance, as the size, complexity and influence of the financial system have reached unprecedented levels. Challenges like digitalisation or accelerating climate change need to be addressed too. There is a long way to go to make finance truly serve the economy and society.

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18 PUBLICATIONS
Joint statement

Civil society is calling for crucial improvements to the Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) to ensure that EU investors receive fair treatment, better protection and greater trust in financial markets.

Joint statement

Joint call for clearer ESG categorisation rules for individual investors – Joint Letter
Finance Watch, Better Finance, and the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) call on the European Commission to remove any confusing categories (ESG Collection), and to make engagement a binding element, at least for...

Joint statement

Finance Watch supports the call to protect consumers’ right to choose digital or print communications
As retail financial services become increasingly digitised, Finance Watch remains committed to protecting the vulnerable from financial exclusion.

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EU sustainability disclosures are no threat to competitiveness – Joint letter
Finance Watch alongside 90+ organisations urges EU leaders to refrain from gutting EU’s hard-won sustainability framework, an essential brick that is no less than a pre-condition to wiring EU finance to a...

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Joint Statement – Public Money, Public Benefits: Clear social and environmental standards must determine businesses’ access to public finance in the EU
Public finance plays a critical role in shifting Europe’s economy towards quality jobs, decarbonisation, and circularity. To achieve this, public support for businesses must be dependent on a harmonised set of social...

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Joint letter – Europe needs a Next Generation 2.0 fund to secure its just transition
The imminent end of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) will leave a critical gap in EU funding for essential climate, social, and biodiversity investments. Finance Watch, as part of the FiscalMatters...

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Joint Statement – Why carbon offsetting undermines climate targets
Finance Watch joined forces with more than 80 civil society organizations to warn that a reliance on carbon credits will likely “slow down global emission reductions.” and call on global companies and...

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Joint statement – Fiscal Follies: How new EU rules miss the mark on climate and prosperity
In the joint statement below, co-signed by 8 organisations, Finance Watch warns that fiscal adjustment requirements under the new EU spending rules are incompatible with solving Europe’s challenges and calls on EU...

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Joint Statement – Reaction to Germany’s pushback on debt rules
Finance Watch co-publishes today a joint statement reacting to the proposal from Germany, backed by other so-called “frugal” governments, for a common hard debt reduction rule. This contradicts the logic of the...

Joint statement

Joint letter – Civil society will only support ambitious ESRS
In a joint letter signed by 16 other organisations, Finance Watch warns the Commission that civil society groups will only support an ambitious first set of sector-agnostic ESRS that closely builds on...

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