In this interview excerpt, Christian Noyer, Vice-President of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2002 and Governor of the Banque de France since 2003, describes the personality and motivating forces of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, who was a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2005 and Italian Minister for the Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008.

In this interview excerpt, Christian Noyer, Vice-President of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2002 and Governor of the Banque de France since 2003, describes the European vision of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, who was a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2005 and Italian Minister for the Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008.