Joachim Wuermeling: Exploring DORA – the Digital Operational Resilience Act and its impact on banks and their supervisors Speech by Dr Joachim Wuermeling, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank, at the European Savings and Retail Banking Group (ESBG), virtual, 23 September 2021.
* * *  1 Introduction Ladies and gentlemen, Friends and colleagues, In 1974, Reinhard Mey, one of Germany’s best-known singer-songwriters, released one of his biggest hits, “Über den Wol​ken”, meaning “Above the clouds”. In the song, the protagonist stands on an airfield watching a plane take off. He imagines that the sky beyond the clouds must be where freedom can be found.