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• Date 4 Feb - 7 Feb 2024
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Platinum-selling South London collective, D-Block Europe will be making their historic return to London’s iconic venue The O2, for the fourth time in February 2024.

British duo Young Adz and Dirtbike LB are set to bring the energy and deliver a memorable set for fans in their hometown.

The show announcement comes alongside the news of D-Block Europe’s 3rd album and 8th full-length project. Known for their rule-defying approach, the duo skilfully fuses raw, introspective lyrics with an electrifying mix of melodies and rhythms. Each track is a chapter in their ongoing saga, painting a picture of life as rolling stones - constantly moving, unstoppable in their journey.

Consistent in carving their lane, Young Adz and Dirtbike LB have made a meteoric rise nearing closer to global domination since joining forces during their teens. A renowned sound coined as wavy trap has earned them a staggering 10+ Gold & 6 Platinum singles, 6 Gold mixtapes, over 5 billions global streams, and 30 x top 40 singles, including a #2 single with ‘Prada’ featuring Raye and produced by Casso. Meanwhile their cult classics ‘Overseas’, ‘Darling’ and ‘Make You Smile’ have transferred them from Lewisham to worldwide reputation outlined by features from, Offset, Ed Sheeran, Central Cee and more.

The growth has come with record-breaking highlights, most notably becoming the first UK rap artist to reach 7 x Top 10 albums with their mixtape ‘DBE World’ in 2023. The duo also boast an impressive live resume having previously sold out double headline shows at Alexandra Palace in a day and with 3 x sold out O2 Arena’s in London under their belt to date.

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The Dublin band will hit Europe before performing across the UK and Ireland later this year

Fontaines D.C. have announced a 2024 European ‘ROMANCE’ tour. Find all the details below.

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The Dublin band’s new dates come after they announced their 2024 ‘ ROMANCE ’ UK and Ireland tour in support of their fourth album of the same name, which is due for release on August 23 via XL Recordings ( pre-order/pre-save here ).

The European leg is due to kick on November 1 in at Sagres Campo Pequeno in Lisbon, followed by dates in Madrid, Berlin, Paris and more, before they wrapped up at AFAS Live in Amsterdam on November 16.

From there, the band will continue on to their remaining dates, which includes two nights at London’s Alexandra Palace.

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Tickets for the European shows go on sale this Friday (May 3) at 9am BST/10am CET from here . Any remaining tickets for UK dates can be purchased here .

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Consistent in carving their lane, Young Adz and Dirtbike LB have made a meteoric rise nearing closer to global domination since joining forces during their teens. A renowned sound coined as wavy trap has earned them a staggering 10+ Gold & 6 Platinum singles, 6 Gold mixtapes, over 5 billion global streams, and 30 x top 40 singles, including a #2 single with ‘Prada’ featuring Raye and produced by Casso..Meanwhile their cult classics ‘Overseas’, ‘Darling’ and ‘Make You Smile’ have transferred them from Lewisham to worldwide reputation outlined by features from, Offset, Ed Sheeran, Central Cee and more. The growth has come with record-breaking highlights, most notably becoming the first UK rap artist to reach 7 x Top 10 albums with their mixtape ‘DBE World’ in 2023.

The duo also boast an impressive live resume having previously sold out out double headline shows at Alexandra Palace in a day and with 3 x sold out o2 Arena’s in London under their belt to date.

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Poland’s president becomes the latest leader to visit Donald Trump as allies eye a possible return

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump walks with Poland’s President Andrzej Duda at Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan in New York on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump meets with Poland’s President Andrzej Duda at Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan in New York on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump greets Poland’s President Andrzej Duda at Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan in New York on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

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NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump met Wednesday in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda , the latest in a series of meetings with foreign leaders as Europe braces for the possibility of a second Trump term.

The presumptive Republican nominee hosted Duda at Trump Tower, where the two discussed the war in Ukraine and Duda’s push to boost NATO members’ defense spending, according to a readout from Trump’s campaign. Duda, who has long expressed admiration for Trump, is also a staunch supporter of Ukraine and has encouraged Washington to provide more aid to Kyiv amid Russian’s ongoing invasion . That funding has been held up by Trump allies in Congress.

As he arrived, Trump praised the Polish president, saying, “He’s done a fantastic job and he’s my friend.”

“We had four great years together,” Trump added. “We’re behind Poland all the way.”

Following the almost 2 1/2 hour meeting, Duda said only that it was a “friendly meeting in very nice atmosphere.”

His aide, Wojciech Kolarski, also in attendance, described it as an “excellent meeting” of “two friends who reminisced on the time when for four years they cooperated while holding presidential offices,” a time that was “very fruitful for Polish-U.S. relations.”

Duda is the latest foreign leader to meet with Trump in the weeks since he locked up the Republican nomination. U.S. allies across the world were caught off guard by Trump’s surprise 2016 win, forcing them to scramble to build relationships with a president who often attacked longstanding treaties and alliances they valued. Setting up meetings with him during the 2024 campaign suggests they don’t want to be behind again.

Even as he goes on trial for one of the four criminal indictments against him, Trump and Democratic President Joe Biden are locked in a rematch that most observers expect will be exceedingly close in November.

While some in Poland worried the visit might damage the country’s relationship with Biden, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. — a Biden ally and a major voice in his party on foreign affairs — said such meetings make sense.

“The polls are close,” he said. “If I were a foreign leader — and there’s a precedent attached to meeting with candidates who are nominated or on the path to being nominated — I’d probably do it too.”

Murphy noted that former President Barack Obama did a lengthy international tour and met with foreign leaders when he first ran for the White House. So did Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, who challenged Obama in 2012 and whose trip included a stop in Poland’s capital, Warsaw.

Duda’s visit comes a week after Trump met with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, another NATO member and key proponent of supporting Ukraine, at the former president’s Florida estate.

In March, Trump hosted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán , an autocrat who has maintained the closest relationship with Russia among European Union countries. Orbán shared a montage of footage of the visit on his Instagram feed, which included an image of him and his staff meeting with Trump and the former president’s aides in a scene that looked like an official bilateral meeting.

Trump also met briefly in February with Javier Milei, the fiery, right-wing populist president of Argentina who ran a campaign inspired by Trump , complete with red “Make Argentina Great Again” hats. Milei gave Trump an excited hug backstage at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, according to video posted by a Trump campaign aide.

Biden administration officials have been careful not to weigh in publicly on foreign leaders’ meetings with Trump, acknowledging he has a real chance of winning the race.

While some officials have privately expressed frustration with such meetings, they are mindful that any criticism would open the U.S. to charges of hypocrisy because senior American officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, meet frequently with foreign opposition figures at various forums in the United States and abroad.

Security and policy officials monitor the travel plans of foreign officials visiting the U.S., but generally don’t have a say in where they go or with whom they meet, according to an administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss protocol.

Trump has been back in his hometown this week for the start of his criminal hush money trial , which has dramatically limited his ability to travel and campaign. While in town, aides have been planning a series of events that began Tuesday evening when Trump, after court adjourned, stopped by a Harlem bodega where a man was killed to rail against crime, and to blast the district attorney who made him the first former president in U.S. history to stand criminal trial.

Duda, a right-wing populist who once proposed naming a military base in his country “Fort Trump,” described the dinner earlier Wednesday as a private get-together between friends at Trump’s former residence while he is in town for meetings at the United Nations, where Duda is to deliver a speech.

“I have been invited by Mr. Donald Trump to his private apartment,” Duda told reporters, saying it was “a normal practice when one country has good relations with another country” to want those relations to be as strong as “possible with the representatives of various sides of the political stage.”

“We know each other as people. Like two, I can say in some way, friends,” said Duda, whose term ends in 2025.

Duda’s visit comes as House Republicans wrangle over a $95 billion foreign aid bill that would provide new funding to Ukraine, including money for the U.S. military to replace depleting weapon supplies. Polish leaders have been urging the House to approve the aid bill and ease domestic concerns.

Many Trump allies in the House are fiercely opposed to aiding Ukraine, even as the country warns that it is struggling amid a fresh Russian offensive . Trump has said he might be open to aid in the form of a loan.

One area where Trump and Duda agree when it comes to the conflict is a desire to push NATO members to increase their defense spending. Duda has called on fellow members of the alliance to raise their spending to 3% of gross domestic product as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine. That would represent a significant increase from the current commitment of 2% by 2024.

Trump, in a stunning break from U.S. precedent, has long been critical of the Western alliance and has threatened not to defend member nations that do not hit that spending goal. That threat strikes at the heart of the alliance’s Article 5 , which states that any attack against one NATO member will be considered an attack against all.

In February, Trump went even further, recounting that he’d once told leaders that he would “encourage” Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” to members that are — in his words — “delinquent.”

Trump’s campaign said the two discussed the NATO proposal during the meeting. The two also discussed Israel and the Middle East, Trump’s 2017 trip to Warsaw, “and many other topics having to do with getting to world peace,” the campaign said in its readout, which described the men as “great friends.”

The visit was met with mixed reaction in Poland , where fears of Russia run high and Duda’s friendly relationship with Trump has been a source of controversy.

Poland’s centrist Prime Minister Donald Tusk, a political opponent of Duda, was critical of the dinner but expressed hope that Duda would use it as an opportunity “to raise the issue of clearly siding with the Western world, democracy and Europe in this Ukrainian-Russian conflict.”

Scislowska reported from Warsaw. Associated Press writers Matthew Lee, Zeke Miller and Seung Min Kim in Washington contributed to this report.

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Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez says he will not resign – as it happened

Sánchez announces he will stay on days after saying he was considering resigning after attacks in rightwing media on his wife

• 1h ago Summary of the day
• 1h ago 'Spanish citizens don’t have a prime minister who’s up to the job,' Feijóo says
• 2h ago 'Sánchez’s decision to carry on is a reaffirmation of his coup against unity', far-right politician says
• 3h ago Opposition criticises Sánchez after announcement
• 4h ago Sánchez to stay on as Spain's prime minister
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Sánchez to stay on as Spain's prime minister

Pedro Sánchez , Spain’s prime minister, has announced that he staying on in his role.

His decision comes days after the Spanish leader abruptly announced he was considering resigning from office, after a Madrid court said it had opened an investigation into Sánchez’s wife, Begoña Gómez .

The investigation followed a complaint from the pressure group Manos Limpias (Clean Hands), which is known to have had links in the past to Spain’s far right.

In a dramatic speech this morning, Sánchez said he decided to continue as prime minister and called for a collective reflection, as well as cleaning up what he described as toxic practices in public life.

He called on Spanish society to become an example and inspiration for the world.

“I have acted out of a clear conviction,” Sánchez said. “Either we say enough, or this degradation of public life will determine our future, condemning us as a country,” he added.

“Thanks to that social mobilisation, which has influenced my decision, I can tell you what I’ve already told our head of state: I’ve decided to stay and fight even harder as prime minister,” he said.

He also called for an end to political and media attacks, adding: “Let’s stop this mud-slinging by collectively rejecting it … I ask Spanish society to once again become an example and an inspiration to a wounded world.”

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We are now closing this blog but you can read our report on Pedro Sánchez vowing to stay on as leader, here.

Summary of the day

Pedro Sánchez , the Spanish prime minister, announced in a highly-anticipated televised address that he is staying on as the country’s leader.

His remarks came after he after spent five days reflecting on his future because of what he termed a “harassment and bullying operation” being waged against him and his wife by his political and media enemies.

Sánchez said he had decided to carry on as prime minister despite the attacks he and his family have had to endure.

The prime minister said that “thanks to that social mobilisation, which has influenced my decision, I can tell you what I’ve already told our head of state: I’ve decided to stay and fight even harder as prime minister.”

Sánchez’s socialist allies welcomed his decision.

Salvador Illa , a former socialist health minister and candidate for regional president for the Catalan branch of the socialist party in the upcoming 12 May Catalan election, welcomed Pedro Sánchez’s decision. “This is the best news for Catalonia,” Illa wrote.

The Socialists and Democrats group in the European parliament said: “European Social Democrats are with you, Pedro.”

Alberto Núñez Feijóo , the leader of the conservative People’s party (PP), said that “if the prime minister has no problem appearing ridiculous, he can go for it. But the fact that he’s dragging the rest of my country down that road shows that Spanish citizens don’t have a prime minister who’s up to the job.”

The conservative People’s party’s Isabel Díaz Ayuso said “Sánchez has spent years using institutions to persecute political adversaries, judges, the media and journalists, as well as their family circles. His project today is a warning to us that it he will roll over any counterweight that reminds him that there are limits. In the name of impunity.”

Santiago Abascal , the leader of the far-right Vox party, said that “Sánchez’s decision to carry on is a reaffirmation of his coup against unity, against coexistence, against the rule of law, against the separation of powers, and against the freedom of the press.”

'Spanish citizens don’t have a prime minister who’s up to the job,' Feijóo says

Alberto Núñez Feijóo , the leader of the conservative People’s party (PP) who has accused Pedro Sánchez of navel-gazing, melodrama and failing to live up to his office, said the prime minister’s words and deeds were proof of the need for a change of government.

“Everything we’re living through is just the epilogue for a past that we’re going to overcome,” he said.

“If the prime minister has no problem appearing ridiculous, he can go for it. But the fact that he’s dragging the rest of my country down that road shows that Spanish citizens don’t have a prime minister who’s up to the job,” Feijóo said.

The Socialists and Democrats group in the European parliament, meanwhile, said: “European Social Democrats are with you, Pedro.”

Good news for Spain and Europe 🌹🇪🇺 Prime Minister @sanchezcastejon is an example of tireless defender of democracy and the rights of our citizens. Against the lies of the right and the extreme right. European Social Democrats are with you, Pedro. https://t.co/umRnrI4Ks6 — S&D Group (@TheProgressives) April 29, 2024

Rob Roos , a Dutch member of the European parliament and vice chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists group, called Pedro Sánchez a “joke.”

“Beautiful Spain becomes a circus under his leadership,” he said.

This man is a joke. Beautiful Spain becomes a circus under his leadership. @sanchezcastejon 🤡 Spain's Prime Minister Pedro #Sánchez will not resign after allegations against wife https://t.co/vMRTRVOCG6 — Rob Roos MEP 🇳🇱 (@Rob_Roos) April 29, 2024

'Sánchez’s decision to carry on is a reaffirmation of his coup against unity', far-right politician says

Speaking to reporters after Pedro Sánchez ’s announcement that he is staying on as prime minister, Santiago Abascal , the leader of the far-right Vox party, said that “for the past five days, Spaniards have been subjected to a crude, shocking and victim-playing piece of theatre that has shamed us internationally.”

Abascal added:

Sánchez’s decision to carry on is a reaffirmation of his coup against unity, against coexistence, against the rule of law, against the separation of powers, and against the freedom of the press.

Declaración institucional íntegra en respuesta al autócrata Pedro Sánchez. 📌 "Lo peor de Sánchez está por llegar" 📌 "Debemos trabajar para la resistencia y para la construcción de una alternativa urgente y viable" pic.twitter.com/6TZ0C98D9V — Santiago Abascal 🇪🇸 (@Santi_ABASCAL) April 29, 2024

Pepa R. de Millán , a spokesperson for the far-right Vox, has accused Sánchez of using “like-minded journalists to publish a manifesto and label all complaints that investigate his wife’s businesses as ‘attacks.’”

Quien dedica su legislatura a tomar las instituciones del Estado no lo hace para dimitir, sino para blindarse. Por eso Sánchez se ha valido de periodistas afines para publicar un manifiesto y tachar de "ataques" todas las denuncias que investiguen los negocios de su esposa. — Pepa R. de Millán 🇪🇸 (@Pepa_Millan) April 29, 2024

Opposition criticises Sánchez after announcement

The conservative People’s party’s Isabel Díaz Ayuso , the regional president of Madrid, has accused Pedro Sánchez of trying to undermine checks.

“Sánchez has spent years using institutions to persecute political adversaries, judges, the media and journalists, as well as their family circles. His project today is a warning to us that it he will roll over any counterweight that reminds him that there are limits. In the name of impunity,” she said.

Sánchez lleva años persiguiendo desde las instituciones al adversario político, jueces, medios y periodistas, así como a sus entornos familiares. Su proyecto sale hoy a avisarnos: laminará cualquier contrapeso que le recuerde donde están los límites. Por la impunidad. — Isabel Díaz Ayuso (@IdiazAyuso) April 29, 2024

Sumar’s Yolanda Díaz , who serves as Spain’s deputy prime minister, sent a message to the conservative People’s party’s Alberto Núñez Feijóo .

“Mr Feijóo, stop questioning the results that emerged legitimately from the ballot box. Mr Feijóo, respect this country. If we’ve reached a full stop, then this new phase has to be about political initiatives and measures,” she said.

🔴DIRECTO | Yolanda Díaz pide a Feijóo que "deje de cuestionar los resultados que salieron legítimamente de las urnas": "Respete este país" https://t.co/yO8TFzLYnR pic.twitter.com/eXa0M0gyH3 — elDiario.es (@eldiarioes) April 29, 2024

Here are the key lines from Pedro Sánchez’s speech this morning.

“If we don’t say, ‘Enough!’, then this degradation of public life will condemn our future as a country. It’s true that I’ve taken this step for personal reasons, but these are motives that everyone can understand and recognise because they are about the values that form the bedrock of Spain’s supportive and family-base society.”

“It is thanks to this social mobilisation that has so decisively influenced my reflections – and of which I am once again grateful – that I want to let you know what I’ve decided. As I told the head of state this very morning, I have decided to stay on as Spain’s prime minister and to stay on with even more strength than before – if that’s possible.”

“I think our country needs to embark on that collective reflection. But I actually think we’ve already begun to do that over the past five days. It’s a collective reflection that will lead to a cleaning, a regeneration, to a sense of fair play. For too long, we’ve allowed mud to colonise political and public life with impunity and to infect them with toxic actions that would have been unthinkable even a few years ago.”

“Today, I’m asking Spanish society for us once again to set an example for a convulsed and wounded world. Because the evils that afflict us are far from exclusive to Spain. They are part of a global reactionary movement that wants to impose its retrograde agenda through defamation and falsehoods, through hatred and through stirring up fears and threats that have nothing to do with science or reason.

Let’s show the world how we defend democracy. Let’s put an end to this mud in the only possible way: through a collective rejection that is calm and democratic, and which goes beyond parties and ideologies. It is something I firmly commit to leading as the prime minister of Spain.”

Iratxe García Pérez , a Spanish socialist who leads the Socialists and Democrats group in the European parliament, also welcomed Sánchez’s move to stay on.

“Good for Spain , good for Europe,” she said.

🌹Seguimos, defendiendo la democracia , defendiendo los derechos . El Presidente @sanchezcastejon sigue porque merece la pena , y no lo hace solo …… detrás tiene la mayoría social del país . Bien por España , bien por Europa — Iratxe García Pérez /❤️ (@IratxeGarper) April 29, 2024

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The Socialists’ Patxi López said today’s decision shows “the insult does not win the argument”.

“Today democracy wins,” he said.

Qué gran noticia. Pedro sigue demostrando que: La mentira no puede con la verdad. El insulto no gana al argumento. El odio de algunos discursos no se impone a la convivencia. Los que creen que el poder es suyo no deciden por encima de la voluntad ciudadana. Hoy gana la… pic.twitter.com/W7mDY2gc0W — patxilopez (@patxilopez) April 29, 2024

Oscar Puente , Spain’s transport minister, celebrated Sánchez’s decision to stay.

Siuuuuuuuuuuu. pic.twitter.com/BlUBxDIWLz — Oscar Puente (@oscar_puente_) April 29, 2024

Santos Cerdán León , the Socialist party’s secretary, said “we are going to continue working tirelessly.”

Vamos a seguir trabajando sin descanso. Por la regeneración de la democracia. Para seguir consolidando derechos. Para que prevalezca la política limpia. Vamos a hacer frente a los desafíos que están por venir con más fuerza que nunca. — Santos Cerdán León (@santicl) April 29, 2024

Salvador Illa , a former socialist health minister and candidate for regional president for the Catalan branch of the socialist party in the upcoming 12 May Catalan election, welcomed Pedro Sánchez’s decision.

“This is the best news for Catalonia,” Illa wrote. “A brave decision to recover the dignity of politics and a commitment to stop those who try to undermine our democracy,” he added.

Esta es la mejor noticia para Cataluña. Una decisión valiente para recuperar la dignidad de la política y un compromiso para frenar a quienes intentan socavar nuestra democracia. ¡Adelante, presidente! — Salvador Illa Roca/❤️ (@salvadorilla) April 29, 2024

Spanish media outlets are highlighting that no one knows which path Pedro Sánchez will choose.

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Updating the Magna Carta of supervision: review of the Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision

25 April 2024

By Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB

Supervisors from around the world have revised the Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision. Supervisory Board Vice-Chair Frank Elderson explains how this will make the global banking system safer and help supervision keep pace with our rapidly changing world.

Catching up – and looking ahead

Today the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) published an updated version of its Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision , which were first published in 1997 and last updated in 2012. The Core Principles, as they are commonly known, are one of the most important sets of global supervisory standards, establishing comprehensive requirements for both supervisors and banks. They cover a wide range of supervisory powers, responsibilities and functions as well as a broad spectrum of prudential requirements and risks. The Core Principles are a playbook that governments, regulators and supervisors across the world follow when adopting and assessing their own supervisory rules and regulations. For example, many requirements in the single European rulebook can be traced back to the Core Principles. They also serve as the benchmark for the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank when assessing the effectiveness of banking supervision as part of their Financial Sector Assessment Programmes (FSAPs). FSAPs are a powerful tool for encouraging jurisdictions to improve their supervisory rules and practices in line with the global practices defined in the Core Principles. In fact, the upcoming 2024-25 FSAP of the euro area will be conducted on the basis of the revised Core Principles, which now explicitly acknowledge the existence of supranational supervisory frameworks such as the Single Supervisory Mechanism. Put simply, the Core Principles are the bedrock of effective global banking supervision. And effective, intrusive supervision is more important than ever, as the banking turmoil of March 2023 showed. [ 1 ]

The revisions to the Core Principles published today are the outcome of rich and reasoned discussions among BCBS members and supervisors from jurisdictions across the world, with input from a wide-reaching public consultation. The revisions reflect the lessons learnt over the past decade and take stock of the structural changes that are reshaping the banking system. Three new topics have been explicitly included in the Core Principles: (i) operational resilience, (ii) business model sustainability, and (iii) climate-related financial risks. Their inclusion is proof that there is a global consensus on the relevance of these risks, and broad agreement on the need for action. As these issues are also relevant for European banks, we identified them as supervisory priorities for 2023-25 and have already made great strides in incorporating them into our supervisory rules and practices.

Bolstering operational resilience

Since the Core Principles were last updated more than a decade ago, supervisors have started paying much closer attention to operational resilience. Given the tumultuous events of recent years, we now place greater focus on banks’ ability to withstand pandemics, cyber incidents, technology failures and natural disasters. In this context, the principle on operational risk has been comprehensively strengthened to explicitly cover operational resilience as well. It now includes enhanced requirements covering a wide range of topics, from governance and business continuity planning to third-party dependency management. These revisions are very much in line with the ECB’s own supervisory initiatives in this area. They will make banks around the world more resilient to operational threats, which are unlikely to fade in the future.

Future-proofing bank business models

In today’s macroeconomic landscape, banks cannot afford to rely on weak business models. Making sure banks adopt sound and forward-looking business strategies that allow them to generate sustainable returns over time has been an important part of the ECB’s supervisory focus over the past few years, against a backdrop of low profitability and the challenges posed by the digital transition. The concept of business model sustainability was missing from the previous version of the Core Principles. The revised Core Principles affirm that the assessment of business model sustainability is a key component of effective supervision. Banks will need to implement appropriate internal processes to ensure the sustainability of their business models. Tougher scrutiny of bank business models will help future-proof the banking sector in an uncertain world.

New risk on the block: climate-related financial risks

Last but not least, I welcome the revisions related to climate-related financial risks. Over the past decade, the magnitude, urgency, non-linearity and irreversibility of the threats posed by climate change have become indisputable. Events that were once confined to television screens have now become an all too familiar reality – we have seen forest fires destroy family homes, lost harvests, water shortages even in the winter, unexpected flooding, landscapes changed beyond recognition, a lack of snow, disappearing glaciers, forests decimated by parasites, insurance prices becoming unaffordable… the list goes on. In some corners of the world, the threats have become existential and are already leading to mass migration and armed conflict. Meanwhile, the distributional and social impacts of climate policies are a source of political risk, which further increases uncertainty around the transition path that the economy will take.

Banks are also affected, and that is why supervisors across the world now agree that climate-related physical and transition risk factors can be a source of financial risk for banks and translate into traditional risk categories such as credit, market, operational, liquidity, strategic, reputational and legal risks. Therefore, the Core Principles now provide a definition of climate-related financial risks and explicitly include climate risks among the types of potentially material risks that banks are required to identify, measure, evaluate, monitor, report and control or mitigate. Supervisors, in turn, must consider climate risks in their risk assessment of banks, and have the power to require banks to submit information that allows for the assessment of the materiality of these risks. The revised Core Principles also refer to emerging risks. The BCBS will continue its forward-looking approach to identifying risks and vulnerabilities in the banking system in this regard, which may pave the way for a broader perspective that extends beyond climate risks to also include nature-related risks.

From a European perspective, none of this sounds too novel – banks supervised by the ECB are already subject to the supervisory expectations set out in the 2020 ECB Guide on climate-related and environmental risks . However, it is important to realise that different supervisory authorities around the world are at different stages of the journey towards tackling climate and environmental risks. This is why recognising climate-related financial risks in a set of global standards is such an important step.

The revisions to the Core Principles are just one achievement of the Basel Committee’s broader strategy on climate. The BCBS is committed to addressing climate-related financial risks to the global banking system in a holistic manner across the three pillars of regulation, supervision and disclosure. It set up the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Risks, which I co-chair, back in 2020 and, following an initial stocktake of members’ initiatives related to these risks, published important analytical papers, set out detailed principles for the management and supervision of such risks and clarified how these risks can be captured in the existing Basel framework. [ 2 ] More recently, the Basel Committee conducted a public consultation on a Pillar 3 disclosure framework for climate-related financial risks and published a discussion paper on the use of climate scenario analysis for the management and supervision of climate-related financial risk. [ 3 ] Further work is also under way on the materiality of potential gaps in the Basel framework, transition planning and climate scenario analyses.

A comprehensive update

I have mainly focused on three major areas of change, but the revisions published today include many other important upgrades to the global supervisory toolkit, such as incorporating into the Core Principles a non-risk-based measure to constrain the build-up of leverage in banks and in the banking sector, enabling authorities to require banks to maintain additional capital in a form that can be released when system-wide risk crystallises or dissipates, and strengthening the expectations placed on banks and supervisors for addressing risks from non-bank financial intermediaries. There are many more.

In sum, the revised Core Principles are a major step forward for the safety and soundness of banks across the world. They will make the global banking system better equipped to face today’s challenges and will help supervisory practices keep pace with our rapidly changing world. They are also a testament to global supervisory cooperation and trust among authorities. The Basel Committee has achieved its goal of making the standards fit for purpose amid a banking landscape and global risk environment that have seen considerable change since 2012. In an uncertain world, the revised Core Principles will help us make sure banks are resilient to operational threats, reliant on sustainable business models and responsive to climate-related financial risks.

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Elderson, F. (2023), “Powers, ability and willingness to act – the mainstay of effective banking supervision’’ , speech at the House of the Euro, 7 December.

See Climate-related financial risks: a survey on current initiatives , Climate-related risk drivers and their transmission channels , Climate-related financial risks – measurement methodologies , Principles for the effective management and supervision of climate-related financial risks and Frequently asked questions on climate-related financial risks .

See Consultative document – Disclosure of climate-related financial risks and Discussion Paper – The role of climate scenario analysis in strengthening the management and supervision of climate-related financial risks .

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