Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest rates)
March - April 2024
External communication
Governing Council statement on the capital markets union
On 7 March 2024 the Governing Council approved a statement on advancing the capital markets union (CMU), which was published on the ECB's website on the same day. The statement highlights the strong reasons the Governing Council sees for supporting and enhancing this project and describes a number of key initiatives in the CMU action plan that the Eurosystem considers to be priorities.
ECB Banking Supervision to move to Gallileo building in Frankfurt by the end of 2025
On 12 March 2024 the ECB announced that it had signed a lease, previously endorsed by the Governing Council, on the Gallileo building in Frankfurt to which ECB Banking Supervision staff will relocate by the end of 2025. It also announced that the lease of the Japan Center had been extended until the end of 2028. The related press release is available on the ECB’s website.
ECB’s Annual Report 2023
On 5 April 2024 the Governing Council adopted the ECB’s Annual Report 2023, which will be presented to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament and made available on the ECB’s website in 23 official languages of the European Union on 18 April 2024.