The Federal Government has recognised this and wishes Germany to play a leading role as a hub for sustainable finance. The Sustainable Finance Advisory Council is to act as coordinator here, providing the government with strategic advice and specific recommendations for action. The Council has already outlined the first topics it believes should now be tackled in more detail.
I shall be pleased to do so, especially as I can well imagine that you here in Denmark are able to adopt a somewhat more relaxed and calmer approach to the subject of “Convergence and EMU”. There are two obvious reasons for that. Firstly, Denmark itself has made distinct progress in economic convergence during the past few years.