It is an honour for me to speak at such a distinguished institution and to share my thoughts with you. The topic of my speech today is European banking supervision, but the underlying theme, of course, is integration. Since the Treaties of Rome were signed in 1957, the history of Europe has been characterised by ever-deepening integration.
It will examine economic and price developments from a broad perspective at the next MPM, based on observations that will be available by the time of the meeting, such as various economic indicators, the reports at the meeting of general managers of the Bank's branches, and developments in financial markets.