Also on the international stage, people have confidence in the euro as a currency. And this confidence is crucial. You will recall my earlier comment that the euro speaks a language of both common culture and diversity.
You will see evidence of this in the European Central Bank’s Euro Exhibition, which is also on show here, having just come to the end of a successful showing at the Museum für Kommunikation’s partner museum in Berlin. As you walk through the Euro Exhibition, you will without doubt recognise the images of bridges, which feature on the back of our euro banknotes.