Klaas Knot: The future of EMU and the Netherlands’ place in Europe Speech by Mr Klaas Knot, President of the Netherlands Bank, before the OMFIF (Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum), London, 17 February 2012. *  *  *  Thank you for this opportunity to exchange views with you on this topical issue.
Thank you also for arranging for me to do so amid the splendour of this magnificent hall. I feel quite safe standing here, for I understand the Armourers’ Hall was among the few buildings that escaped destruction in the Great Fire of 1666, and, in 1940, also survived a major blitz on London, while the surrounding area was devastated.