In the Kingdom, the conservative policies and prudential measures taken by SAMA, to ensure the strength and stability of the national financial system, have had a great role in protecting the financial system from being affected by shocks that it may face due to domestic or international developments. The value of such measures may not be felt or appreciated unless the need arises. May Allah guide your steps to greater success. 2  BIS Review 124/2008
Yves Mersch: Opening of the New Face of the Euro Exhibition Speech by Mr Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, at the Opening of the New Face of the Euro Exhibition, Deutsche Bundesbank, Saarbrücken, 15 January 2014. *  *  *  Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you all for coming here today to the opening of the ECB’s “New Face of the Euro” exhibition. And a special “thank you” to the Deutsche Bundesbank for hosting this event with the participation of the Banque de France. It feels very appropriate to be in a border city like Saarbrücken, at the heart of Europe, to open an exhibition like this, dedicated to our single currency. The people of this city, with its long and eventful history, must be among those who best understand the ambitious vision to bring the nations of Europe closer together. Indeed, it was through the creation of a common market for coal and steel between six European countries that the first real step was taken towards the establishment of the European Union as we know it today and that led to the creation of the euro 15 years ago. Today, the euro helps to unite 334 million people in 18 different countries. Allow me to say a brief word about the exhibition you have come to see. “The New Face of the Euro” is a travelling exhibition which has already been to a number of cities in the euro area.