The European Parliament decided, by 287 votes to 179, with 81 abstentions, to approve the appointment of José Manuel Campa as Chairperson of the European Banking Authority for a period of five years.

As a reminder, Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority) is to be appointed on the basis of merit, skills, knowledge of financial institutions and markets, and of experience relevant to financial supervision and regulation, following an open selection procedure.

On 19 February 2019, the Board of Supervisors of the European Banking Authority selected José Manuel Campa as Chairperson of the Authority and informed Parliament accordingly.

Parliament deplored the fact that all candidates were male and that women remained under-represented in senior management positions in the banking and financial services sector. It called for gender balance to be respected on the next nomination. It also called on all bodies and institutions of the Union and the Member States to implement concrete measures to ensure gender balance.

The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs adopted the report by Roberto GUALTIERI (S&D, IT) on the appointment of the Chairperson of the European Banking Authority.

On 19 February 2019, the Board of Supervisors of the European Banking Authority selected José Manuel Campa as Chairperson of the Authority and informed Parliament accordingly.

The committee then proceeded to evaluate the credentials of the candidate selected by the Board of Supervisors of the European Banking Authority. On 26 February 2019, the committee held a hearing with José Manuel Campa, at which he made an opening statement and then responded to questions from the members of the committee.

On this basis, the committee recommended that the European Parliament approve the appointment of José Manuel CAMPA (ES) as Chairperson of the European Banking Authority for a period of five years.

It is important to note that despite the numerous calls made by the European Parliament in previous nominations to respect gender balance when presenting a list of candidates, all candidates were men. The committee called for this request to be respected for the next nomination.