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Mairead McGuinness

COMMISSIONER (2020-2024)  

Mairead McGuinness
Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union

Email: cab-mcguinness-contactatec [dot] europa [dot] eu (cab-mcguinness-contact[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Address: Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat 200, 1049 Brussels, Belgium

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Responsibilities

  • Preserving and improving financial stability, protecting savers and investors and ensuring the flow of capital to where it is needed.
  • Leading the work on completing the Banking Union, notably by finalising the common backstop to the Single Resolution Fund and agreeing on a European Deposit Insurance Scheme.
  • Expediting the work on the Capital Markets Union to diversify sources of finance for companies and tackle the barriers to the flow of capital.
  • Developing further the green financing strategy to support the implementation of the European Green Deal.
  • Proposing a FinTech Strategy to support new digital technologies in our financial system.
  • Developing a new private-public fund specialising in initial public offerings for small and medium enterprises.
  • Developing a new, comprehensive approach to fighting money laundering and the financing of terrorist activities.
  • Ensuring a common approach with Member States on cryptocurrencies.
  • Securing Europe’s resilience to extraterritorial sanctions by third countries, including by proper enforcement of sanctions imposed by the EU.

Mission letter

13 SEPTEMBER 2020
President von der Leyen's mission letter to Mairead McGuiness
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(214.87 KB - PDF)
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European Parliament hearings

2 OCTOBER 2020
Mairead McGuinness' answers to the European Parliament questionnaire
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(301.18 KB - PDF)
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Transparency

As part of the Commission’s commitment to transparency, Commissioners and their members of Cabinet publish information on meetings held with organisations or self-employed individuals.

In line with the Commission's Code of Conduct for Members of the Commission, each Commissioner publishes a Declaration of Interests.

signed, authentic version is published at the bottom of this page.

machine-readable version of all Declarations is also published. This is in line with the requirements of the Code of Conduct.

The Declarations of Interests follow the requirements set out in Article 3 and in Annex 1 of the new Code of Conduct for Commissioners.

Biography

  1. 2020 - present
    European Commissioner for financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
  2. 2017 - 2020
    First Vice-President of the European Parliament
  3. 2014-2017
    Vice-President of the European Parliament
  4. 2004 - 2020
    Member of the European Parliament
  5. 2004-2020
    Member of Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, European Parliament
  6. 2009-2020
    Member of Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, European Parliament
  7. 2013-2014
    Vice-Chair, EPP Group, European Parliament
  8. 2002 - 2004
    Chair, Consumer Liaison Panel, Department for Agriculture and Food, Ireland
  9. 1980 - 2004
    Journalist, broadcaster and commentator
13 SEPTEMBER 2020
Mairead McGuinness' biography
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Declaration of interests

23 JANUARY 2023
Declaration of interests - Mairead McGuinness
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(495.72 KB - PDF)
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