Fekter Welcomes Entry into Force of ESM

Politics ♦ Published: October 10, 2012; 18:02 ♦ (Vindobona)

Austria´s Minister of Finance "No cause for celebration, however, as we are still in the middle of stabilising the Eurozone."

Fekter Welcomes Entry into Force of ESM / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Minister of Finance Dr. Maria Fekter sees the ESM as a key crisis management tool: "Europe has found a mechanism that also enables it to manage problems at the country level."

Entry into force of the ESM lays a foundation for the continued future existence of the Economic and Monetary Union. "We like our currency, the euro. In the future, the European Central Bank will protect…