Mr Duisenberg presents a few observations about the challenges facing the European Union in the years ahead  Speech given by Dr Willem F Duisenberg, President of the European Central Bank, at the Edmond Israel Foundation in Luxembourg on 11 November 1999.
*  *  *  Introduction The Bank of Japan submitted to the Diet its Semiannual Report on Currency and Monetary Control for the second half of fiscal 2008 and the first half of fiscal 2009 in June and December 2009, respectively.