In the meantime, however, we had learned valuable lessons from the past. So when the pandemic hit us it was a swift and balanced cooperation between monetary and fiscal  pandemic hit us, it was a swift and balanced cooperation between monetary and fiscal policy that gave our economy wings to fight back.
And that is what we need to do now as well: to jointly work towards our common goal – a secure and prosperous Europe. Needless to say, each within our own mandate.