Bundesbank Executive Board member Andreas Dombret believes that the large number of credit institutions, many of which have very different business models, contributes to the strength of the German banking industry. However, when it comes to their earnings, there is definitely room for improvement in many cases, he said in an interview with the German newspaper Handelsblatt.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann is critical of proposals for reforming the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). In an interview with the German daily newspaper Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, he said that "the proposals on the table haven’t won me over, and I’m particularly sceptical about creating new scope for borrowing or transfer systems."

Bundesbank Vice-President Claudia Buch has defended the programme launched by the G20 to evaluate the financial system reforms implemented since the crisis. According to Ms Buch, the programme also involves examining any interactions and unintended side-effects that the reforms may have. Detailed results are not yet available. "That said, initial analyses do not indicate that the supply of credit to the real economy has suffered," she remarked in an interview with the Handelsblatt.