»Som den forende ikkestatslige lântager i Euro pa bidrog EIB allerede fre 1996 til de forskellige etaper af Den Monetaere Union og den vellykkede ind forelse af den faelles valute, euro-
"As Europe's leading non-sov­ereign borrower, since 1996 the Bank has backed the different stages of Monetary Union and the successful launch of the single currency, the euro.