October 31st 2008

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Press release by:

Pervenche BERES, MEP, ECON Chairwoman (PSE, FR)
Zsolt BECSEY, MEP (PPE, HU)
Daniel DAIANU, MEP (ALDE, RO)
Darius ROSATI, MEP (PSE, PL)

Following the Commission’s proposal to grant a medium-term financial assistance to Hungary of 6.5 billion euros, senior members of the Economic and monetary affairs committee (ECON) in the European Parliament call for further specific and tailored measures by the Commission and the Council to support new Member States.

12 February 2009

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Press release by:

Daniel DAIANU, MEP (ALDE, RO)
Zsolt BECSEY, MEP (PPE, HU)

Following the appeal made by several large European banks* which operate in the New Member States (NMS) to the European Commission and the European Central Bank to extend their policies for easing liquidity shortages and reviving lending beyond the older EU Member States, two members of the Economic and Monetary Affairs committee in the European Parliament, Daniel Daianu (ALDE) and Zsolt Becsey (EPP-ED) welcome the banks' appeal and call for specific support for the economies of the NMSs.

17 February 2009

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In a timely workshop held on 17 February in the Economic and Monetary Affairs committee of the European Parliament, MEPs examined the effects of the current financial crisis on the non euro-zone new Member States. The seminar was held just as financial turmoil is enveloping these countries of central and Eastern Europe, with banks collapsing and unable to access capital from western sources, equity markets collapsing and credit rating agencies downgrading their assessments.