All of us at the ECB, and at the national central banks of the Eurosystem – in the Netherlands the Dutch Central Bank with Nout Wellink at its helm – we will continue to preserve this legacy and to do our best so that, as Wim said, “in the end history judges our new, shared currency to be a success.” 7  7  W. Duisenberg, Address delivered on the occasion of a special ECOFIN dinner to pay tribute to his leadership of the European Central Bank, Venice, 29 October 2003.
4  BIS Review 24/2008