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Monday 7 October marked the opening of a third round of live, interactive online debates – this time on banks - between citizens, businesses, organisations, and policy makers in the framework of Single Market Month Single Market Month (see IP/13/847IP/13/847 and IP/13/882IP/13/882). This is an opportunity for citizens and stakeholders to make proposals for the future of the EU, and to debate these proposals online, in real time, with other citizens, stakeholders, officials and leaders, and experts from all over Europe. The Commission is again taking to the web in order to involve citizens and civil society groups in its policy agenda. The online forum offers stakeholders a unique and immediate line of communication to Brussels policymakers. Throughout Single Market Month, the forum is hosting successive debates on four themes: Jobs, Social Rights, Banks, and e-Commerce - in all 24 EU languages.

Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier said: "We have had two truly enriching weeks of online debates on key issues in the Single Market: jobs, and the future of social rights in a changing economic context. Several hundred policy proposals were put forward and debated. For the coming week of debates, we will be tackling the thorny question of bank regulation. I want to hear from people on the ground what they think we should be doing for a more stable banking system in Europe, and to make sure that the financial sector, rather than taxpayers, pays its fair share."

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