In his speech, he stressed that the Economic and Monetary Union is a work-in-progress, but also that we need to keep working on that progress, and that “whatever way you look at it, going forward means, at least partly, increasing risk sharing. And I mean crossborder risk sharing.
This means using the strength in our numbers to absorb possible shocks.”  "In a sense, the fall of the Berlin Wall led to the rise of the Economic and Monetary Union." Klaas Knot President , De Nederlandsche Bank  Datum: 27 september 2022 Spreker: Klaas Knot Locatie: “Euro at 20: shifting paradigms?”, Maastricht Hello everyone. And happy birthday!