The theme of this Forum is something that is close to our hearts, and is a very topical issue in recent days. The need to address this issue has never been more significant primarily due to the benefits it will bring to our countries. I am confident that this Forum will help in deepening the understandings on the emerging issues of financial inclusion.
24 In that speech, I mentioned several analytical perspectives we use to examine contagion in all its forms relevant for the ongoing sovereign crisis in the euro area – highlighting models capturing the interaction between sovereigns, as well as that between sovereigns and banks.