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Foreword by Jean-Claude Juncker - President of the European Commission
At 20 years young, the euro has already come a long way. A generation ago, it would have been unthinkable for 340 million Europeans in 19 countries to share a currency. Our single currency has always been more than the notes and coins in our pockets and wallets. It is the symbol of unity and the promise of prosperity and protection.
EFSF raises €3 billion in new 16-year bond

Luxembourg – The European Financial Stability Facility on Wednesday raised €3 billion in a new 16-year bond, leaving just €1 billion in funding needs for the remainder of the second quarter.

“Today’s transaction met with very strong demand, as we responded to heightened investor interest in the maturity range above 10 years. The 16-year deal fills a gap in our outstanding bond tenors, and demonstrates our strategy of maintaining presence on all parts of the yield curve” said Siegfried Ruhl, EFSF Head of Funding and Investor Relations.

Europe’s debt burden: challenges ahead - article by Rolf Strauch
Rolf Strauch, ESM Chief Economist,  
“Europe’s debt burden: challenges ahead”
Article published in Eurofi Magazine, 3 April 2019
Eurofi High Level Seminar, Bucharest
Acknowledgements
It was at a weekly ESM management board meeting some years ago that the idea first emerged to write the story of the rescue funds. Our story is deeply intertwined with that of the euro crisis, and it therefore provides some important chapters in the history of the euro, whose 20-year anniversary we are celebrating this year.
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Opening speech at the Economic Policy Institute of the Arab Monetary Fund - Klaus Regling
Klaus Regling, ESM Managing Director
Opening speech at the Economic Policy Institute of the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) Joint AMF-ESM Training “How to build an effective early warning system:
Experience from the European Stability Mechanism” Abu Dhabi, 1 April 2019
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Dear Director General Mr AlHamidy, AMF colleagues, course participants from almost all AMF member states, good morning!
 

Tommaso Fabi joins ESM Board of Auditors
Luxembourg – The Board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) has appointed Tommaso Fabi to its Board of Auditors, for a non-renewable three-year term starting today.  Mr Fabi was appointed upon the proposal of the Chairperson of the Board of Governors – Mário Centeno.
Rolf Strauch in interview with Salzburger Nachrichten (Austria)
Interview with Rolf Strauch, ESM Chief Economist

Published in Salzburger Nachrichten (Austria), 30 March 2019
Interviewer: Richard Wiens
Original language: German

 

Salzburger Nachrichten: Mr Strauch, what are you currently worried about as ESM Chief Economist?

Interview mit Rolf Strauch mit den Salzburger Nachrichten
Interview mit Rolf Strauch, ESM-Chefökonom mit den Salzburger Nachrichten
Erscheinungstag: 30. März 2019
Interviewer: Richard Wiens
Originalsprache: Deutsch

 

 

Salzburger Nachrichten: Herr Strauch, was bereitet Ihnen derzeit als Chefökonom des ESM Kopfzerbrechen?

Interview mit Kalin Anev Janse mit der Börsen-Zeitung

 

 

 

Interview mit Kalin Anev Janse, ESM-Generalsekretär mit der Börsen-Zeitung 
Erscheinungstag:  30. März 2019 
Interviewer: Kai Johannsen 
Originalsprache: Deutsch