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Last updated on November 18, 2024.
Hans Tietmeyer was a German economist and regarded as one of the foremost experts on international financial matters. He was president of Deutsche Bundesbank from 1993 until 1999 and remained afterwards one of the most important figures in finance of the European Union.
It is an illusion to think that [EU] states can hold on to their autonomy.
A European currency will lead to member-nations transferring their sovereignty over financial and wage policies as well as in monetary affairs... It is an illusion to think that States can hold on to their autonomy over taxation policies.
Sometimes it is my impression that most politicians are still not aware of being under the control of the financial markets and are even governed by them.