I would like to conclude by reassuring readers who might have got the impression that the previous column is too influenced by the opponents of globalisation or far-left ideas, by allowing Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to speak. He is one of the founding fathers of the Euro and the former president of the Convention who elaborated the draft Constitutional Treaty.
Speaking last week at the Brussels Economic Forum, he declared: “One may be surprised by the banking profession, inclined to give...