Does she perhaps mean that Jean-Claude Trichet cannot be happy without work? You can trust my wife on that! Mr Trichet, why is your signature on the euro banknotes? The euro banknotes are issued by the ECB. I therefore sign the euro banknotes as President of the ECB, on behalf of the Governing Council. Currently there are around 14 billion euro banknotes in circulation.
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