Christian Noyer: Some ECB views on the accession process Speech by Mr Christian Noyer, Vice-President of the European Central Bank, on the occasion of The Central & Eastern European Issuers & Investors Forum, held in Vienna on 17 January 2001.
*  *  *  Ladies and gentlemen, I should like to thank the organisers for the opportunity to participate in this Conference in Vienna. This city has often been regarded, and rightly so, as a cultural bridge between the Member States of the European Union and the so-called candidate countries preparing for EU accession.