9 May 2013 | 18:06
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dear friends,
Thank you for the opportunity I have been provided to speak in front of you and share some thoughts about our Union and the way we navigate through turbulent times.
It has been five years since the crisis began and it is unlikely to end any time soon. It started as a financial, it grew into a political, a social and ultimately into the most difficult one to solve – a debt crisis and crisis of trust and confidence.