ECB President Christine Lagarde said in a speech that the existence of Euro is to secure that trust in money so that people can focus on what really matters to them. And that’s the reason why ECB’s mandate and objectives reflect the well-known “functions of money”. Policy makers are tasked to “ensure that euro is safe and stable”.
The Euro also serves as the “most tangible symbol of European integration”, and “bears witness to the degree of integration we have achieved.” Support in the Euro is there with “76% of our citizens are now in favour of the single currency”. Though, she also warned that “trust takes years to build, seconds to break and forever to repair”.
