We will have a very tough debate in the second half of 2002,

Everything I proposed and much more still will be done now,

With his calm manner, he established people's basic trust in the euro, ... We will remember his personality and what he achieved.

We see that the inflation rate is going down, so that there is a chance that tax reform with its enormous relief in the second half of the year will begin to work,

It's a shame it happened like this, but we have to respect it.

Germany has signaled it is ready to move but that does not change our basic view