*  *  *  Madame Chair, Honourable Members, This is my last hearing in ECON before the end of this legislature. I would like to first of all thank you, Sharon, for the way you have guided this committee throughout a challenging period.
Let me also thank all of you for the frank and fruitful exchanges we have had in the last twoand-a-half years. It has been an invaluable experience for me. In these difficult crisis times, discharging accountability in front of an assembly with a true European perspective has been helpful for the public acceptance of our actions.