Jürgen Stark: Does the euro area need an economic government? Statement by Mr Jürgen Stark, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, at the HEC European Executive Campus, Brussels, 22 January 2008. *  *  *  I am delighted to be here today to participate in this session on economic policies and governance.
But certainly, any means of giving cities both greater autonomy in resource mobilization, along with greater managerial capability need to be pursued, even if this is to be achieved within the existing federal framework.