The question of how this favourable environment should be put to use – by investing in climate-related matters, ageing or something else altogether – that is a political debate for parliaments. Your experience means that you are just as familiar with the German economy as with the French economy.
In the interest of maintaining public confidence and promoting economic and financial stability, we must continue to protect our independence. At the same time, in a democratic society like our own, institutional independence brings with it fundamental obligations of transparency, responsiveness, and accountability.