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On June 11, 2026, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published draft methodology, templates, and template guidance for the 2027 EU-wide stress test. The exercise introduces significant simplifications to improve efficiency and risk sensitivity while maintaining robustness and comparability of results. A total of 63 banks from the EU and Norway, including 47 from the euro area, will participate in the 2027 stress test, covering 75 percent of the EU banking sector. The EBA has substantially reduced data requirements by 55 percent compared with the previous EU-wide stress test, primarily by drawing on regular supervisory reporting. This reduction eliminates overlapping datapoints and templates, lowering administrative burden while improving data consistency, comparability, and quality for supervisors. A major innovation is the structured integration of climate risks—both transition and physical risks—into the stress test framework for the first time. At this stage, climate risks will be assessed through a dedicated module and will not affect core stress test results, marking an important step towards embedding climate considerations into prudential supervision. The stress test provides a common analytical framework to assess the resilience of EU banks and the wider banking system under a common adverse macro-financial scenario, testing capital adequacy under stress. Results will feed into the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP). The EBA applies a primarily constrained bottom-up approach, complemented by supervisory top-down elements, including projections of net interest income and net fee and commission income. The EBA launched the industry consultation at an earlier stage than previous stress tests to facilitate banks' preparedness. The EBA plans to hold a series of workshops with the industry to respond to questions and support their preparations. The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) and European Central Bank (ECB) will develop the adverse macroeconomic and climate risk scenario, while the EBA Board of Supervisors will finalise scenarios, methodology, quality assurance practices, templates, and guidance. REFERENCES: European Banking Authority. "The EBA launches early consultation on simplified EU-wide stress test, with climate risk integration." Press Release, June 11, 2026. https://www.eba.europa.eu/