Piero Cipollone: Europe’s money evolves so people’s freedom to pay remains
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- 01No material change in policy stance vs prior statement.
- 02Language essentially preserved across multiple key topics of operational resilience and digital euro.
- 03No vote-record change.
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SPEECH Europe’s money evolves so people’s freedom to pay remains Introductory statement by Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament Brussels, 3 June 2026 I am pleased to be back here ag
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