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Speech Munich | 01.07.2016
Dr Jens Weidmann President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
Hans Möller medal acceptance speech
at the annual meeting of the Munich Volkswirte Alumni-Club
1 Introductory remarks
2 Monetary policy and economic education
3 The principle of liability as a guide
4 Conclusions from the Brexit vote
5 Conclusion
1 Introductory remarks
Dear Mr Baader
Ladies and gentlemen
First of all, I would like to echo the words of welcome offered by our host and likewise
welcome you to the Bundesbank's Regional Office in Bavaria.
The fact that you are holding your annual meeting here at the Bundesbank for the third time
now after doing so in both 2012 and 2013 is a clear sign that you feel very much at home with
us. But as you know, we do offer you a suitable venue and I can assure you, Mr Baader, that
you didn't have to present me with this award to be able to hold your meeting here again.
Nevertheless, I am of course delighted to receive the Hans Möller medal and I would like to
express my sincere gratitude for this honour.
You outlined the reasons for your choice just now, and I value them as support for my efforts
to broaden my audience beyond narrow circles of relevant experts when discussing issues of
European integration and monetary policy. I also feel encouraged to continue promoting a
stability-oriented monetary union.
The fact that a club of economists is recognising my efforts to make economic issues
accessible to a wider public is very fitting given the words of Hans-Werner Sinn in his
farewell lecture - namely that economists must, first and foremost, serve the people.