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Formaat: MP4Omvang: 47,2 Mb27 February 2008Online beschikbaar: [01-12-2014]Standard Youtube LicenseUploaded on Jun 11, 2008Video summary of the ALDE workshop "The International Financial Crisis: Its causes and what to do about it?"Event date: 27/02/08 14:00 to 18:00Location: Room ASP 5G2, European Parliament, BrusselsThis workshop will bring together Members of the European Parliament, economists, academics and journalists as well as representatives of the European Commission to discuss the lessons that have to be drawn from the recent financial crisis caused by the US sub-prime mortgage market.With the view of the informal ECOFIN meeting in April which will look at the financial sector supervision and crisis management mechanisms, this workshop aims at debating a wide range of topics including:- how to improve the existing supervisory framework,- how to combat the opacity of financial markets and improve transparency requirements,- how to address the rating agencies' performance and conflict of interest,- what regulatory lessons are to be learnt in order to avoid a repetition of the sub-prime and the resulting credit crunch.PROGRAMME14:00 - 14:10 Opening remarks: Graham Watson, leader of the of the ALDE Group14:10 - 14:25 Keynote speech by Charlie McCreevy, Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services, European Commission14:25 - 14:40 Presentation by Daniel Daianu, MEP (ALDE) of his background paper14:40 - 15:30 Panel I: Current features of the financial systems and the main causes of the current international crisis.-John Purvis, MEP EPP-Eric De Keuleneer, Solvay Business School, Free University of Brussels-Nigel Phipps, Head of European Regulatory Affairs Moody's-Wolfgang Munchau, journalist Financial Times-Robert Priester, European Banking Federation (EBF), Head of Department Banking Supervision and Financial Markets-Ray Kinsella, Director of the Centre for Insurance Studies University College Dublin-Servaas Deroose, Director ECFIN.C, Macroeconomy of...