Selected speeches and blog posts on the international role of the euro
- 7 October 2025
- 17 June 2025
- 26 May 2025
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          Speech by Christine Lagarde: Earning influence: lessons from the history of international currencies 
- 12 June 2024
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          The ECB Blog: Why Europe must safeguard its global currency status 
- 12 June 2020
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          The ECB Blog: Sharing and strengthening the euro’s privilege 
- 19 August 2020
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          The ECB Blog: The provision of euro liquidity through the ECB’s swap and repo operations 
- 7 July 2020
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          Introductory remarks by Fabio Panetta: Unleashing the euro’s untapped potential at global level 
- 16 May 2019
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          Speech by Luis de Guindos: Deepening EMU and the implications for the international role of the euro 
- 15 February 2019
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          Speech by Benoît Cœuré: The euro’s global role in a changing world: a monetary policy perspective 
- 2 October 2015
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          Speech by Benoît Cœuré: The international role of the euro: concepts, empirics and prospects 
- 10 October 2008
- 15 May 2008
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          Speech by Lucas Papademos: The international role of the euro: trends, determinants and prospects 
- 18 March 2008
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          Speech by Lorenzo Bini Smaghi: The international role of the euro and its potential in Latin America