Sabine Lautenschläger: Interview with Deutschlandfunk Interview by Ms Sabine Lautenschläger, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, with Deutschlandfunk, conducted on 4 September and aired on 7 September 2014. *  *  *  Ms Lautenschläger, you are a member of the six-person Executive Board of the European Central Bank.
In a few weeks, the ECB will be entering what is practically a new era. You are taking over supervision of the most important European banks. That is a balance sheet of more than € trillion. The question is, therefore, are you up to the task? Are you ready for take-off?