[7]  The measures we announced on 10 March 2016 form a very substantial package which gives priority to loans for households and businesses, and thus supports the recovery. They underline our determination to fulfil the mandate entrusted to us by the people of Europe: to bring inflation back to nearly 2%, and they show that we have no shortage of tools.
I am also very grateful to Erkki Liikanen for opening this conference. I am sure that we will spend two fruitful days having valuable discussions and exchanges on the economics, strategies and policies of retail payments. Getting the balance right. It makes me think of Nik Wallenda, who crossed the Niagara Falls on a tightrope in 2012.