A second (smaller) survey was conducted and published by Doxa in 1951. By digging through the Bank of Italy’s archives, it was recently found out that this survey was not only eventually paid for in full by the Bank, but was also designed with the help of economists in its Research Department.
*** I shall now move on to the last topic of my speech: the international role of the euro. In the past, for economic and political reasons, some countries have adopted an active stance with regard to the internationalisation of their own currency, by either fostering or hindering its external use. For its part, the Eurosystem has adopted a neutral stance.