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1. Highlights - Exchange of views with the National Parliaments of EU Member States - Special committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union

   

   On 2 December, from 9:30 to 11:00, the HOUS Special Committee will hold an online exchange of views with the National Parliaments of EU Member States.

   
   

   Earlier this year, the Committee invited all National Parliaments to share their best practices, ideas, and policy proposals to address the housing crisis, whether at national or local level.

   This meeting will offer an excellent opportunity for National Parliaments to present their contributions directly to the Committee.

   As the HOUS Committee finalises its upcoming Report, the input gathered from National Parliaments will be highly valuable, providing Members with important insights and inspiration for their work.

   
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2. Highlights - Structured dialogue with Teresa Ribera, Commissioner for Competition - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

   

   ECON Members will hold a 'structured dialogue' on competition policy with Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice-President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition and Commissioner for Competition on Thursday, 4 December 2025, from 9:00 to 10:00.

   
   

   The debate will provide an opportunity to continue the dialogue with Commissioner Ribera that started in April 2025 and to take a deeper look into current developments and future projects of European competition policy.
   
   The discussion might also stimulate the upcoming deliberations on ECON's Competition Annual Report 2025 linked to the Commission's Annual Competition Report for 2024 that underlines the importance of competition policy as reflected in the ongoing review of competition regulation and the consistent enforcement of those rules.

   
   Commission's Annual Competition Report for 2024

   
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3. Highlights - Public Hearing with Christine Lagarde, Chair of ESRB - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

   

   Christine Lagarde will also appear on 3 December, for the only time in 2025, in her capacity as Chair of the European Systemic Risk Board. The ESRB has recently issued a recommendation on stablecoins and a report on the functioning of the market for credit default swaps, which transfer credit risk between counterparties. The General Board of the ESRB concluded in October that Financial stability risks in the European Union remain elevated amid ongoing geopolitical uncertainty.

   
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4. Highlights - Monetary Dialogue with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

   

   The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) will hold its fourth Monetary Dialogue of the year with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB). On this occasion, the ECON Committee and the ECB President will discuss the quarterly assessment of the ECB's monetary policy.

   
   

   The upcoming Monetary Dialogue will take place after the ECB Governing Council's decision of 30 October 2025, to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged, after gradually reducing them since June 2024. The interest rates on the deposit facility will remain at 2.00%, the main refinancing operations at 2.15% and the marginal lending facility at 2.40% respectively.
   
   This Monetary Dialogue will also be an opportunity to address the topic of "policy instruments for market stabilisation in the euro area: A review of the ECB's toolkit". These instruments have repeatedly proven essential to safeguard monetary policy transmission, most recently during the pandemic. At the same time, their mechanisms for activation and practical use remain ambiguous which risks undermining their effectiveness. In this context, this Monetary Dialogue is an opportunity to contribute to more clarity and transparency on the ECB's toolkit.

   
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5. Highlights - Public hearing on "Digital assets" - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

   

   The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) will hold a public hearing on “Digital assets - challenges for the competitiveness and integrity of the EU’s financial system” on Wednesday, 3 December 2025, from 11:00 to 12:30.

   
   

   The hearing will support the Committee's work on its upcoming own-initiative report examining the challenges posed by digital assets and assessing whether the Union's regulatory framework, including MiCAR, is adequate to safeguard competitiveness, integrity and EU monetary sovereignty. Invited experts will provide input to the Committee's work.

   
   Link to the Public Hearings section and more information

   
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