About: stress tests
Pension schemes in EU show big shortfalls in stress test
A stress test of pension schemes across the European Union wiped out €270 billion or almost a quarter of investments at funds that took part, the EU's insurance and pensions watchdog said on Tuesday (17 December).
New EU border guard plans migration ‘stress tests’
The European Union’s new border and coast guard agency is developing migration 'stress tests', based on the system used to evaluate the resilience of banks to economic shocks, in a bid to stop future refugee crises in the passport-free Schengen zone.
Future of former Spanish nuclear site remains unclear
Spain may be committed to phasing out nuclear power, but there are concerns about its older reactors and the alleged lack of transparency when it comes to addressing safety issues. EURACTIV Spain reports.
Belgium shuts two nuclear reactors amid safety concerns
Belgium’s nuclear regulator has questioned the safety of the Electrabel-operated Doel 3 reactor due to cracks in the pressure vessels that have already forced the shutdown of a similar unit at the Tihange nuclear plant.
European bank stress test results raise doubts, hopes
Only eight European banks failed to pass stress tests of their ability to withstand a new recession, with Italian banks doing surprisingly well ahead of a key EU summit on Thursday (21 July).
EU countries to rescue banks that fail stress tests
European countries will support banks that fail stress tests if those lenders cannot raise capital from investors within six months, according to a draft EU document.
Up to 15 EU banks to fail stress test, say sources
Up to one in six European banks is set to fail an EU-wide financial health check, according to eurozone sources close to the stress testing, as officials scramble to set up backstops for those at risk.
EU summit to gloss over euro crisis
On the cusp of another EU summit to address the Greek crisis and Europe's economic future, diplomats speak of a "shambolic union" while draft summit conclusions seen by EURACTIV boast progress.
UN chief urges snap atom tests
The UN’s nuclear chief has called for random safety tests of all the world's reactors within 18 months, to help prevent any repeat of Japan's atomic crisis three months ago.
G8 summit urges stringent nuclear safety rules
Leaders of the Group of Eight want more stringent international rules on nuclear safety following the disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said at Deauville yesterday (26 May).
Stress tests ‘not a pass or fail exercise’: EU watchdog
Banks are not out of trouble simply because they pass stress tests, Mervyn King, vice-chair of the joint EU financial watchdog warned yesterday evening (2 May), as some hundred financial institutions are currently being examined for their resilience in harsher economic winds.
EU watchdog to test bank capital
Europe will tell its banks today how much capital they need to hold to withstand a two-year recession, as financial watchdogs seek to repair the sector's tattered image in the eyes of investors.
Brussels nuclear debate goes into meltdown
The European commissioner in charge of climate action, Connie Hedegaard, has signalled that EU decisions on commissioning new energy capacity are "very much likely to be influenced" by the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.
Finance ministers split on ‘damned’ stress tests
As EU countries embark on another round of bank stress tests, disagreement is rife on whether the tests should probe liquidity and sovereign debt exposure. Analysts say ministers are "damned if they do and damned if they don't".
EU plans regular bank stress-tests
The European Union will make health checks of banks a regular event and the results will be published in full, the bloc's presidency said yesterday (30 September).
Governments play cat and mouse over stress test results
Finance officials from the 27 member states held very low-key talks in Brussels yesterday (22 July) in an attempt to co-ordinate governments' reactions to the results of bank stress tests on the sector's resilience to another economic downturn and sovereign debt crisis.
EU banks offer voluntary rescue fund
European Banking Federation President Alessandro Profumo yesterday (12 July) offered to set up a voluntary €20 billion rescue fund for failing banks funded by the top 20 EU credit institutions. Although the move follows Brussels' push in this direction, the European Commission reacted warily to his announcement.
Brussels launches plan to avert future bank runs
The European Commission will today (12 July) propose a series of measures to protect savers from the risk of failure in a move aimed at restoring confidence in the banking system and preventing public panic during financial storms.
Ministers discuss plans to prop up banks
How Europe's banks will raise more capital and how their governments will help plug large holes in banks' books will be the main focus of ministerial talks in Brussels this week.