Dossier · Non-legislative procedure

Appointment of the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority

Reference: 2026/0901(NLE) Non-legislative procedure
Where it stands: Parliament approved the text on 15 September 2026. The Council takes the final decision.
Stage: Plenary vote
Lead committee: Economic and Monetary Affairs ECON

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Author: Aurore LALUCQ
Decisions in plenary: 1
Last vote: 15 Sept 2026 · Appointment approved
Versions: 3 versions

Author: Aurore LALUCQ
Decisions in plenary: 1
Last vote: 15 Sept 2026 · Appointment approved
Versions: 3 versions

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Referred to committee (done) 14 September 2026
Committee work (done) Report adopted 2 September 2026
Tabled for plenary (done) 3 September 2026
Plenary vote (done) Adopted 15 September 2026
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Lead committee: Economic and Monetary Affairs ECON
Author: Aurore LALUCQ (S&D)

Decisions in plenary, 1

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Date	Decision	Kind	Effect	Final vote
15 Sept 2026	Appointment of the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority	Resolutions	Appointment approved	554 for, 33 against, 44 abstained counted, no names

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Versions, 3

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Adopted by Parliament15 Sept 2026

Adopted text TA10-0285/2026 TA-10-2026-0285

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Tabled for plenary3 Sept 2026

Report A10-0222/2026 A-10-2026-0222

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Committee draft18 Aug 2026

Draft report (ECON) ECON-PR-791892

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Adopted text TA10-0285/2026: Parliament approves the appointment of Thomas Gstädtner as Executive Director of the European Banking Authority for a term of five years.
Report A10-0222/2026: Parliament's committee report proposes a decision approving the appointment of Thomas Gstädtner as Executive Director of the European Banking Authority for a term of five years.
Draft report (ECON): This is a draft report by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs on the appointment of the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority. It proposes a European Parliament decision on whether to approve the appointment of Thomas Gstaedtner for a term of five years.

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What changed, 2

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Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0222/2026 → Adopted text TA10-0285/2026

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Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (ECON) → Report A10-0222/2026

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The report now states that Parliament approves the appointment of Thomas Gstädtner as Executive Director of the European Banking Authority, dropping the option to decline and the request to withdraw the proposal and submit a new one. The other changes are formal: the spelling of the candidate's surname is corrected.

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Plenary stage 1 step · 15 Sept 2026

15 September 2026

Plenary vote

Sitting of 15 Sept 2026 Adopted text TA10-0285/2026 Report A10-0222/2026

Committee stage 1 step · 14 Sept 2026

14 September 2026

Referred to the ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) committee

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Plenary stage 1 step · 3 Sept 2026

3 September 2026

Report tabled for plenary

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Report A10-0222/2026

Committee stage 2 steps · 18 Aug 2026–2 Sept 2026

2 September 2026

Committee vote: report adopted

ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
18 August 2026

Draft report published

The rapporteur’s first text in ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

Draft report (ECON)

Connections

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Texts voted on

Text REPORT on the proposal for the appointment of the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority Report A10-0222/2026 15 Sept 2026

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2026-0901
Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL)
Data source: EP Open Data API: procedure record
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Appointment of the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority”. Dossier, 15 September 2026. procId 2026-0901, reference 2026/0901(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2026-0901 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2026%2F0901(NLE). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2026-0901 (CC BY 4.0).

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@misc{epw-dossier-2026-0901,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Appointment of the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-15},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2026-0901}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2026-0901},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. procId 2026-0901, reference 2026/0901(NLE). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2026\%2F0901(NLE). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
}