Luis de Guindos: Interview with Expansión
What changed vs prior statement
- 01No material change in policy stance vs prior statement.
- 02Language essentially preserved across key paragraphs regarding leadership changes.
- 03No vote-record change.
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INTERVIEW Interview with Expansión Interview with Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, conducted by Andrés Stumpf on 27 May 2026 31 May 2026 After eight years in office, with no let-up between the pandemic, wars, the inflation shock and now the tension in the Middle East,
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