EBRD newsletter - Friday 26 February EBRD President visits Germany During a one-day visit to Berlin EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso briefed the German Bundestag on the Bank’s activities during the coronavirus pandemic and its role in Europe’s development architecture. In an interview with the business daily Börsen-Zeitung she said: “We already have a lot of institutions. The idea is not to create a new one, but make the existing ones work together more closely”. She also gave an interview to Deutsche Welle and stressed: “The focus on the private sector and reform support through policy are components which make the EBRD special”.