On 2 August 1993, in Bonn, Helmut Schlesinger, President of the Bundesbank (on the left) and Theodor Waigel, German Finance Minister (on the right), hold a joint press conference during which they comment, in particular, on the decision of the Finance Ministers and Governors of the Central Banks of the Twelve temporarily to widen the fluctuation margin of the currencies in the European Monetary System (EMS).