His address on Pnyka Hill last September, as part of his visit to Athens, his first ever official trip abroad as France’s President, but also his speech at Sorbonne University a few weeks later were intended to send a clear message about France’s European ambitions, covering everything from common defence to harmonisation of tax policy, including a Finance Minister for the eurozone.
Axel A Weber: The reform of financial supervision and regulation in Europe Speech by Professor Axel A Weber, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, at the Institute of International and European Affairs, Dublin, 10 March 2010. * 1.