I call myself only an eyewitness, as I am convinced that the introduction of the euro would not have been successful without the efforts of the national central banks of the euro area, national and European administrations and the private sector, in particular the European financial sector.
And let us not forget the European citizens, who appear to have fully accepted the euro as their currency. In terms of European economic integration, the introduction of the euro is often regarded as an end point. However, in my view, this is not the case.