* * *  Introduction Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you very much for the invitation. It is my pleasure to introduce the 6th edition of “Banking Business in Germany”.
From 1949 to 1990, the Old Town Hall was the seat of the Council of Ministers of the then GDR, and, in 1990, the Unification Treaty between the two German States was negotiated in this very building. Today, it serves as the seat of the Senator for the Interior of the federal state of Berlin.