Financial institutions, and certainly the overwhelming majority of banks, are not out to engage in reprehensible behaviour. After all, if they did, they could be jeopardising their continuity. However, there is always the chance that an individual employed at an institution cannot resist the temptation to put his own interests above those of others. Supervisors must therefore be on the lookout at all times.
The assembled politicians and officials have the task of proposing a concept of the EU which will match our continental dimension and the st requirements of the 21 century. I acknowledge that this convention is a bold experiment in consultative democracy.