Delors tilføjede, at hvis dollarens fald skulle fortsætte, ville der opstå alvorlige problemer af samme art som i 1978 samt skadelige forvrængninger for Europa som følge af det ustabile forhold mellem dollar og ECU samt mellem Yen og ECU.
Mr Delors added that, should the dollar continue to fall, it was likely that serious problems of the type experienced in 1978 would recur and that instability in the dollar-ECU and yen-ECU exchange rates would have unfortunate consequences for Europe;