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Lagarde: Debate about the Annual Report
Mr President of the European Parliament, Mr Executive Vice-President of the Commission, Honourable Members of the European Parliament, It gives me great pleasure to participate for the first time in a plenary session and to discuss your draft resolution on the ECB’s Annual Report for 2018. Independence and accountability are two sides of the same coin for the ECB: one cannot exist without the other. This is why the ECB’s relationship with the European Parliament is so important. The ECB’s Annual Report is a central element of this relationship, and Parliament’s resolution and the subsequent feedback we ... (full story)