However, he’ll be able to attend the gala dinner on Friday. •  Amsterdam has played a key role in the cultural, nautical, financial and trading history of the Netherlands. In the 17th Century, the Dutch Golden Age, ships set sail from Amsterdam to trade across the globe.
There has also been a significant improvement in public finances of the euro area as a whole, and also the bank balance sheets are now stronger than before. On the negative side, the convergence of the euro area price developments to our price stability objective is incomplete.