Willem F Duisenberg: A new future for Europe - welcoming the euro banknotes and coins Keynote address by Dr Willem F Duisenberg, President of the European Central Bank, at an awards ceremony and press conference held on the eve of the introduction of the euro banknotes and coins, Frankfurt, 31 December 2001.
*  *  *  Good morning ladies and gentlemen, children Welcome to the final countdown to the euro banknotes and coins. Of course, New Year's Eve is traditionally a time to take stock, to look back and to look forward.