For all these reasons, the Eurosystem has always been a strong supporter of the European financial integration process and we have monitored developments in the different segments very closely. The tenth anniversary of the ECB, a few months ago, gave us the opportunity to take stock of the achievements in European financial integration over the last decade.
This must be giving the Minister some ideas for his next budget! We have nothing against profits; we encourage banks to make profits and we hope that AfrAsia Bank will become very profitable, very quickly. Because if there is one thing that Central Bankers do not like, it is insolvent banks!