At the crossroads – the euro area between sovereignty and solidarity

Mr Jens Weidmann, President of Deutsche Bundesbank, will present his views on the current state of economics affairs in the Euro zone and future monetary policy.

 

The floor will then be opened for a dynamic Q&A session.

Moderator: Guillaume SARRAT DE TRAMEZAIGUES, Executive Director and associate professor of Sciences Po’s Department of Economics.

Dr. Jens WEIDMANN is an economist.  In 2011 he became the youngest President of the Deutsche Bundesbank in the 50-year history of the German central bank and has been responsible for navigating it through the choppy waters of the European sovereign debt crisis. Prior to this posting, he served as the Head of Department of Economic and Financial Policy at the Federal Chancellery for 4 years. He was the chief negotiator of the Federal Republic of Germany for both the G8 and G20 summits – the Chancellor Angela Merkel notably named him “Sherpa” to the G8 summit in 2009.