Willem F Duisenberg: The ECB’s assessment of current economic and monetary developments and prospects for the euro area Introductory statement delivered by Dr Willem F Duisenberg, President of the European Central Bank, at the Testimony before the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament, Brussels, on 28 May 2001.
*  *  *  It is a pleasure for me again to appear before your Committee to report to you on recent decisions by the Governing Council in the area of monetary policy as well as within its other fields of competence.