Jean-Claude Trichet: Interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Interview with Mr Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank, in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, conducted by Mr Gerald Braunberger and Mr Stefan Ruhkamp, on 13 October 2011, and published on 19 October 2011. *  *  *  Mr Trichet, do you believe in destiny?
I have used that term on a few occasions – including the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the ECB, when I quoted Konrad Adenauer. He once said that Europe is a community with a common destiny. He also said that “it’s up to us to shape that destiny”, and I believe he was right.