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What fiscal policies beyond monetary policy support?

Speech by Mr François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France, at the Eurofi High Level Seminar, Lisbon, 16 April 2021. Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very happy to join you today. I would like to extend my warmest thanks to Didier Cahen and David Wright for fostering the fruitful European spirit that we all cherish, despite the difficulties of the moment. As you know, the ECB silent period has already started, so I won't say a word on monetary policy. However, this will give me the opportunity to tackle a core issue of our incomplete Economic Union besides our successful Monetary Union: fiscal policy. […]