Lucas Papademos: ECB Financial Stability Review December 2007 Opening remarks by Mr Lucas Papademos, Vice President of the European Central Bank, at the press briefing on the occasion of the publication of the December 2007 ECB Financial Stability Review, Frankfurt am Main, 12 December 2007. * I.
*  *  Introduction  My colleagues and I would like to welcome you to today’s press briefing on the occasion of the publication of the December 2007 edition of the ECB Financial Stability Review. The financial stability assessment contained in the Review has been prepared with the close involvement of the ESCB Banking Supervision Committee.