Allow me to start by thanking the City of Warsaw and the Polish Government for hosting the Bank’s twenty-third Annual Meeting. This is indeed a great opportunity to celebrate the ten year anniversary of the EU accession of eight Central and Eastern European countries and I am pleased to hear that the Polish authorities have organised a special event to pay tribute to this anniversary. That has been an important milestone for Europe and CEE countries have witnessed the benefits of such strong integration that helped them to maintain the catching up process in turbulent times for the global economy. The Greek Government is especially proud that this important step towards European integration took place during the Greek EU Presidency of 2004.