Jürgen Stark: Does the euro area need an economic government? Statement by Mr Jürgen Stark, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, at the HEC European Executive Campus, Brussels, 22 January 2008. *  *  *  I am delighted to be here today to participate in this session on economic policies and governance.
The topic of our panel discussion is very well chosen: “Does the euro area need an economic government?” This is indeed an important and highly topical issue.