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In this issue: Interview with Paulina Dejmek Hack, the new EU Digital Finance Platform, and sustainable finance in low- and middle-income countries.

I'm going back in history, to 65 years ago, when the Treaty of Rome was signed, laying the very foundations for today's European Union.

For a digital euro to be used as the single currency, concurrently with euro banknotes and coins, it would require a Regulation of the co-legislator, upon a proposal by the Commission, on the basis of Article 133 TFUE.

The European Commission has today adopted a decision declaring that a number of United States exchanges supervised by the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) are equivalent to EU regulated markets.

This targeted consultation is an integral part of the renewed sustainable finance strategy adopted in July 2021. Both credit ratings and ESG ratings are opinions provided by specialised entities and used by financial institutions and professional investors.

You are very welcome, [eputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo, if I may say. Because this isn't our first meeting, we have met virtually, but this is our first in-presence meeting, and we go now to have a very strong meeting around current issues, as you might imagine, and also some wider topics.

A big thank you to the organisers – the France Payments Forum, Paris Europlace and Finance Innovation – for giving me the opportunity to address the French players in the world of digital finance and payments.

We meet just a few weeks after International Women's Day. That day is an opportunity for organisations to highlight their commitment to gender equality.

I am really glad to speak with you today, but I must begin by recognising the serious backdrop for this event. War has returned to Europe. And the European Union stands in solidarity with Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression.