The five-part series of €5 collector coins with a coloured polymer ring, entitled “Climate zones of the Earth”, is thematically linked to the first innovative €5 collector coin “Planet Earth” (a global premiere with its blue polymer ring), which was issued in April 2016.

Both Germany and Europe as a whole should be more confident in how they present themselves to the rest of the world. We mustn’t sell ourselves short, Mr Nagel said. In an interview with Capital and Stern, the Bundesbank President discussed growth forces in Germany and an increased statutory retirement age, as well as the urgent need for investment and reducing bureaucracy.