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27 Apr 2011 @ 14:00

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Klaus Regling has been CEO of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), based in Luxembourg, since July 1, 2010.

Mr Regling has worked for 35 years as an economist in senior positions in the public and the private sector in Europe, Asia and the US, including a decade with the IMF in Washington and Jakarta and a decade with the German Ministry of Finance, where he was closely involved in preparing the EU's Economic and Monetary Union.

From 2001 to 2008 he was Director General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission.

In 2008 and 2009 he was a member of the Issing Commission, appointed by Chancellor Merkel to advise the German Government on the reform of financial regulation.

In 2010, he co-authored with Max Watson a Preliminary Report on The Sources of Ireland's Banking Crisis.


About the Event:

Mr Regling first reviewed the Irish financial crisis, reiterating the finding of his 2010 report that it resulted from an interaction of international and domestic conditions, the latter of which included a strong and extended financial and property boom, a lack of budgetary discipline and weak bank governance and risk management.

He then turned to Ireland's request for financial assistance in November 2010, discussing the design, objectives and schedule of the agreed programme with special reference to the role of his own organisation, the EFSF.

Finally he presented the wider programme of reform which the EU has undertaken in response to the Eurozone crisis, which includes the strengthening of economic governance, the overhaul of financial supervision, a new focus on competitiveness, a reconsideration of Europe's role in the world economy and its representation in the international financial institutions, and the establishment of bulwarks against future crises including a permanent European Stability Mechanism.

 

This content forms part of the E View project, which is part-funded by DG Communication of the European Parliament. 

 

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