Tuesday, December 10, 2013

EU Week Ahead Dec. 9-13: Pre-Christmas Scramble

December 9, 2013, 4:43 AM
By Tom Fairless
The Wall Street Journal
The pre-Christmas summit bonanza moves into full swing this week, as European Union governments scramble to finalize legislation that they pledged to have in place by year-end. In particular, EU finance ministers hope to reach a deal on a system to centralize control of failing banks, known as the single resolution mechanism: Germany has so far held out against the European Commission’s plan for a central decision-making authority and fund, which it worries could violate EU treaties. Euro-zone finance ministers will also gather to discuss the progress of the bloc’s bailed-out members, with Greece, as ever, high on the agenda.

On Monday, euro-zone finance ministers will meet to discuss economic reforms in Greece, Ireland, Cyprus, Portugal and Slovenia. The Troika has left Athens again but is due to return this week: outstanding issues include the closure or restructuring of state-owned enterprises, according to a senior EU official. Elsewhere, the European Parliament travels to Strasbourg for its monthly plenary session, with lawmakers due to debate reforms to the bloc’s common fisheries policy, including a ban on discarding unwanted fish at sea and new requirements for labelling fish sold to consumers.

Finance ministers from the wider EU will gather on Tuesday to thrash out a deal on a the single resolution mechanism, the second pillar of the region’s banking union project after a common bank supervisor, housed within the European Central Bank. Talks are expected to stretch late into the night, and another meeting before Christmas seems likely as governments struggle to agree on central aspects of the system, including its scope. Ministers will also discuss the controversial third leg of banking union–an EU-wide deposit guarantee scheme.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton also visits Kiev to discuss the political crisis in Ukraine.

On Wednesday, another key piece of the EU’s new financial architecture is up for debate—the bank recovery and resolution directive, which will establish a common framework for sharing the losses of failing banks among creditors. European governments and lawmakers will discuss a compromise text that must be agreed before the plan can be signed into law. Elsewhere, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso travels to Colombia, and — more prosaically  – Neelie Kroes will deliver a speech on data protection in Brussels. Meanwhile, the European Court of Justice will give its verdict on the challenge by CiscoCSCO -0.28% to MicrosoftMSFT +0.89%’s acquisition of internet phone company Skype.

On Thursday, EU lawmakers will discuss the ECB’s annual report with its president, Mario Draghi. And the European Court of Justice will give its judgment on whether advantages for married workers also have to be given to workers in same-sex registered partnership in countries that don’t have gay marriage.


On Friday, Mr. Barroso continues his South American tour with a visit to Panama, while EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton holds talks with the premiers of Serbia and Kosovo as part of the EU’s efforts to normalize relations between the two countries.

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