Jens Weidmann: Challenges for the euro area: what progress has been made – what still needs to be done? Speech by Dr Jens Weidmann, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, at the Swiss Institute of International Studies, Zurich, 9 March 2015. * 1. *  *  Introduction  Dr Meyer, Thomas, Ladies and Gentlemen Thank you for inviting me to this event.
The two governors, together with the other 19 members of the ECB’s Governing Council, will thus participate fully in the decision-making concerning the single monetary policy. We are looking forward to benefit from their experience and expertise in our deliberations.