Jean-Claude Trichet: Monetary policy in EMU - views and challenges Speech by Mr Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank, at the Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, 24 June 2005.
*  *  *  Introduction The subject which the organisers have chosen for this conference, namely “Competition in Europe Europe facing international competition” is not only very topical, but also very challenging.