Since the euro came into being about 16 million new jobs have been created, over one million more than on the other side of the Atlantic. BIS Review 110/2008  1  The first ten years have been extremely busy for the Executive Board, for the Governing Council, for the ECB and for the Eurosystem.
The extraordinary motivation of our staff members is, in my opinion, due to their awareness of, and pride in, making history. The single currency is the most advanced feature of European unity and in many respects its emblem. We owe it to the lucidity of the founding fathers and to the determination of a series of visionary leaders.