Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the dinner preceding the Charlemagne Prize cereIt is a particular pleasure to be here in Aachen – the city of Charlemagne – to celebrate Mario Draghi, our dear friend. To speak of Charlemagne is to speak, almost inevitably, of the idea of European unity. That is a natural association. Charlemagne was a singular leader, one whose realm reached across lands that today span several European countries. Mario belongs to that same tradition. I have had the good fortune, over many years, to observe him at close quarters: in different institutions, in different ... (full story)