2026/0901(NLE) Non-legislative procedure First reading

Appointment of the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority

Parliament is asked to approve a decision — typically an international agreement — which it can accept or reject but not amend.

Where it stands: Parliament gave its consent on 15 September 2026. The Council can now conclude the act.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 14 September 2026
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 2 September 2026
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 3 September 2026
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 15 September 2026
  5. 5 Published as law
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The Council takes the final decision, and the act is published in the Official Journal.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
ECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs
Rapporteur
Aurore LALUCQ S&D

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0285/2026 15 September 2026 ✦ Parliament approves the appointment of Thomas Gstädtner as Executive Director of the European Banking Authority for a term of five years.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0222/2026 3 September 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.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (ECON) 18 August 2026 ✦ 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.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: 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. see the changes →

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Plenary stage
  2. 15 September 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 15 September 2026 📄 Report A10-0222/2026📄 Adopted text TA10-0285/2026
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 554 Against 33 Abstained 44

    Appointment of thomas gstädtner · 88% of votes cast in favour

  3. 15 September 2026 Plenary vote
    📄 Adopted text TA10-0285/2026
  4. Committee stage
  5. 14 September 2026 Referred to the ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

  6. Plenary stage
  7. 3 September 2026 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A10-0222/2026
  8. Committee stage
  9. 2 September 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  10. 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)