* * *  Introduction Dear Vice Dean, Dear President Barroso, Dear Governor King, Distinguished panellists and esteemed Professors of NYU, Yale and Princeton, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very delighted to be here at NYU. I would like first of all to thank Stern Business School for hosting my book launch event and all the team who worked and made this happen.
I am truly honoured by the presence of Prime Minister Barroso, a true European statesman with a long tenure as President of the European Commission, the government of the European Union, who left his mark on Europe in unprecedented and difficult times.