December 15, 2015 - The euro is a political project, and that means it requires political supervision and democratic accountability. You are the Parliament of the European Union but you are also the Parliament of the euro, and this is why I wanted President Schulz to contribute to our roadmap for the Economic and Monetary Union – the Five Presidents’ Report we presented last June and Jeroen was referring to. Our Report makes it clear that the legitimacy of the euro is paramount, at least as important as its economic significance and its stability on the financial markets. In the years to come, as we will need to develop and strengthen the common institutions that a single currency demands, that legitimacy will acquire only greater importance. This has nothing to do with institutional power grabs or federal dreams. ... All this is part of our pragmatic yet ambitious approach to completing Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union. As we promised in the Five Presidents’ Rep