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"Mr President, it is a shame that this debate is soon to finish. I would very much like to hear Mr Duisenberg answer a number of questions that have been raised. I hope there will still be enough time for this. I wanted to remind him of his role in the Dutch consultation system in a former life. In particular I also want to raise the question that other speakers have raised too, as to what he would think to developing a consultation system of this kind on the European scene. I hope that he will take a little time to address this issue before we close.
As far as his former life in the Netherlands is concerned; the Central Bank of the Netherlands, of which he was President for many years, was at the centre of the field of influence in society in which socio-economic policy was developed, and I believe that we should take our example from this and involve the European Central Bank in a European macroeconomic dialogue. As you know, there are plans afoot for dialogue of this kind to take place and there is also due to be a meeting on 8 November.
It is also established practice in the Netherlands for there to be structured ways in which the Dutch Central Bank participates in the consultation system, for example there is a banking council in which advice is given to the bank and in which both sides of industry also take part. This participation in the consultation system economy is also afforded by the Dutch Central Bank having a seat on the socio-economic council, which is the most important advisory body in the socio-economic field. I hope that the macroeconomic consultation between both sides of industry that is soon to take place will be given a far more prominent role. The comments that Mr Duisenberg made in his introduction, to the effect that this dialogue ought only to confine itself to the exchange of information, fell rather short of the mark in this respect to my mind. I think that in view of his experiences in the Netherlands he ought not to be so wary of taking such responsibilities, and also feel that coordinating and harmonising policy could be of great benefit to further developments.
I would like to close with a quote that he himself used when he recently attended the opening of new banking premises in the Netherlands. The quote was as follows: “ I believe that the future is also the past, only it comes in through a different door”. He might like to relate this quote to his own circumstances."@en1
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