Season 4, Episode 6
14 July 2026 - 39 min.
EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Greek Finance Minister and President of the Eurogroup, about the savings and investments union (SIU) – the EU's most ambitious attempt yet to put Europe's €10 trillion in household bank deposits to work.
They discuss what the SIU means for ordinary Europeans, why it is different from previous capital markets integration efforts, and how much of Europe's investment gap it can realistically close. Pierrakakis also shares his view on the politics of supervisory reform, the future of the pan‑european personal pension product (PEPP), and what it takes to build consensus among 27 finance ministers.
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