Speech by François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Banque de France and President of the ACPR  ACPR conference of 22 November 2017 Bank resolution: from regulation to implementation  Ladies and Gentlemen,  I am delighted to welcome you to this new conference organised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. For the first time, the morning of this conference will focus on bank resolution. This is always a somewhat paradoxical subject: if we are spending time on it today, it is in the hope that we will never have to deal with it in the future. "Si vis pacem, para bellum", as the Romans said... just as they prepared for war to maintain peace, we must be fully prepared for a crisis if we are to avoid it. But I would like to start by noting an important victory: that of Paris and France, which will welcome the European Banking Authority. It represents an achievement for a highly motivated and dynamic team, as well as a threefold recognition, i.e. that of the attractiveness of France and the Paris financial centre today; the richness of a financial ecosystem that boasts one of Europe's most impressive talent pools; and lastly, I believe, the quality of the public regulators and the supervisor – the ACPR. And the European Banking Authority's decision to move from London to Paris clearly bodes well for other post-Brexit financial relocations.
Anita Angelovska Bezhoska: We remain consistent in maintaining price and denar stability Address by Ms Anita Angelovska Bezhoska, Governor of the National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia, marking 28 years of monetary independence of the country, Skopje, 26 April 2020. * * *  This day has been deeply imprinted in our history. On 26 April 1992, the independence of our country was completed with the last piece of the mosaic – the monetary sovereignty. The grounds of the monetary independence were laid 28 years ago, by introducing the denar as our currency that replaced the Yugoslav dinar. At the same time, the National Bank began operating as an independent central bank, standing firm in front of the series of challenges in those turbulent times of separation from the Yugoslav state. I address you in times when the global population is facing pandemic of unprecedented proportions. Now, allow me to briefly retreat from the everyday hardship and recall this crucial day of the monetary history, when our modern central bank began constituting with great dedication, sacrifice and vision. A central bank with mission that has been clear since early days – to create an independent and responsible institution that will cope with the current challenge of macroeconomic stabilization and build a capacity to approach central banks in the developed market economies. Looking back, I believe that the challenges of the National Bank’s leading team in the first years of independence had been immense.