On 13 June 2003, Philippe Maystadt, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), gives a lecture in Luxembourg entitled: ‘The role of the EIB in the new Member States of the European Union.’ In this audio recording, he begins by giving a presentation of the institution.
2. Les institutions bancaires et monétaires prévues par les traités européens: Comité financier et Comité des gouverneurs, précurseurs de la BCE
On 22 September 1976, the German cartoonist, Walter Hanel, takes an ironic look at the difficulties faced by the European monetary snake which is now able to rely only on the countries in the ‘mark’ area (the Federal Republic of Germany, Denmark and the three Benelux countries).
On 30 June 1998, at the ceremony held in Frankfurt to mark the inauguration of the European Central Bank (ECB), the Bank’s President, Willem F. Duisenberg, delivers an address in which he outlines, in particular, the tasks of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and the challenges linked to the gradual establishment of the single currency.
