Olli Rehn: Don't delay Eurozone reform due to political uncertainties Remarks by Mr Olli Rehn, Governor of the Bank of Finland, distributed in writing (as he was unable to attend the event) for the visit of the EU Heads of Mission to the Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 27 November 2018.
In a sense, the European Commission’s take on the rules brings to mind that famous line from Goethe’s Faust: “Two souls, alas! are dwelling in my breast". One soul, as it were, is there to guard the treaties, while the other sees itself as a political institution which repeatedly turns not just one blind eye, but sometimes two.