MEPs on Wednesday adopted their recommendations concerning the revision of EU tobacco taxation, proposing numerous reductions to the increased excise duties proposed by the Commission.

MEPs visited Ottawa and Toronto to discuss financial regulation, digital innovation, and sustainable finance with key players and industry experts.

A delegation will meet, among others, with senior Canadian financial and government officials, central bank representatives, parliamentary counterparts and financial sector stakeholders.

Packaged loans converted into securities should be subject to transparent, less burdensome reporting requirements and better supervision, to revive the securitisation market in the EU.

On Tuesday, MEPs held their first discussion with the new Eurogroup President Kyriakos Pierrakakis.