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EU leaders clear-eyed that competitiveness is key to ride out global turmoil

By Fanny Roux ( March 19, 2026, 23:49 GMT | Comment) -- EU leaders have agreed to aim to get centralized capital markets supervision and other key competitiveness-focused financial reforms passed this year, setting strict deadlines to apply political pressure on reluctant member states. The conclusions of the European Council meeting also potentially herald bold action on banking rules, with leaders calling to "fully preserve" a global level playing field — a nuanced way of signaling determination.Centralized supervision of EU capital markets, securitization, supplementary pensions and the digital euro are all initiatives that EU leaders agree to attempt to get passed by the end of this year, according to a joint statement adopted at a summit on Thursday evening....

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