Indeed, CEIOPS and the ECB have a common interest in safeguarding financial stability. I would like to express my gratitude to the organisers for providing me with the opportunity to explain why I consider the role of CEIOPS to be very important in achieving this objective.
In the first place, longevity is surely to everyone's benefit. The fact that we can live longer in good health has been achieved through human endeavor in fields such as medical technology and in the spread of education. Economic policies and institutions must be adapted so that these achievements can improve  1  the economic welfare of everyone, including future generations.