In order to achieve the ambitious goal of carbon neutrality in less than three decades, working hand in hand and sharing ideas are more important than ever for the business communities of the U.S. and Japan, which are the world's largest and third largest economies in terms of GDP.
My speech is about the euro as a catalyst for integration and competition in EMU, or, in other words, about economic growth and adjustment in the euro area. Both high, sustainable economic growth and the ability to adjust smoothly to changes in the economic environment require further economic integration and competition.