
European Commission for Budget and Administration member Johannes Hahn conclude his two-day visit on Sept. 13, a first time for a European Commissioner for Budget and Administration to visit the country.
During this stay in Manila, the Commissioner took the opportunity to promote investment in EU-bonds as a safe asset and the euro as a stable global currency, and met with Philippine budget and finance interlocutors. In recent years, the European Union has become one of the largest issuers of the euro; approximately €150 billion per year.

With a growing interest from investors outside Europe, the Commission has a diversified investor base of around 1,700 different investors from 70 countries.