France and Germany are at a crossroads. Banque de France Governor François Villeroy de Galhau and Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel have published a common call for three things.

Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkhard Balz calls for Europe to become more independent where the critical infrastructure of payments is concerned.

French economist Nicolas Véron and Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel call for the banking union to be completed. Writing in Politico Magazine, they argue that the issues of crisis management, deposit insurance and banks’ sovereign exposures are intertwined. 

Helmut Schlesinger was president of Germany’s central bank from 1991 to 1993 and is considered a guardian of the culture of stability. This was a culture he established not just within the Bundesbank, but throughout society, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel writes in an op-ed article in the business daily “Börsen-Zeitung”.

“Over time, the IMF has repeatedly managed to emerge stronger from crises. However, the external circumstances have rarely been more challenging than they are today,” Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner and Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel write in a guest article at Handelsblatt. “An IMF that focuses on its core mandate is best placed to strengthen the global economic and monetary system,” they explain in a contribution to mark the IMF’s 80th anniversary. 

In a joint op-ed for the German “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” newspaper and the French “Le Figaro” newspaper, Banque de France Governor François Villeroy de Galhau and Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel share their thoughts on Franco-German friendship, European integration and current challenges such as inflation and geopolitical crises.