Overview

• Fabio Panetta condemned President Trump’s use of tariffs as “not rational,” arguing that protectionist measures have never delivered lasting prosperity.
• Panetta and François Villeroy de Galhau warned that the collapse of a multilateral framework is giving way to a power-driven multipolar world.
• Speakers highlighted the digital euro as a risk-free, central bank currency identical in value to cash, necessary to uphold EU monetary sovereignty.
• Delegates stressed that extreme economic inequalities impede growth and called for coordinated EU policies on wages, taxation and education to promote social mobility.
• José Luis Escrivá and other leaders urged preserving central bank independence and advancing EU financial integration to bolster resilience amid global tensions.