It is requested that the Euro, which came into force as the official currency in the Eurozone on January 1, 2001, should be redesigned in its 20th year. European Parliament Member of Parliament Moritz Körner, on the other hand, the founders of BioNTech, Prof. Dr. Uğur Şahin and Dr. He suggested that Özlem Türeci’s photographs be placed on euro banknotes.
The founders of BioNTech from the European Parliament (AP) to the European Central Bank (ECB), which is in search of a new design for the euro, the common currency of the European Union (EU). Dr. Uğur Şahin and Dr. Özlem Türeci’s proposal came.
German Free Democrat politician Moritz Körner said the duo saved “millions of lives”, DW reported.
According to the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, Körner said, “Important European figures such as BioNTech’s founding couple Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci should be printed on new euro banknotes. Their work has saved the lives of millions of Europeans. The trajectory of their lives, integration, progress, entrepreneurship, scientific excellence and a compelling story about the potential of an open immigrant community.”
Türeci and Şahin are the founders of BioNTech based in Mainz. An mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine has been developed in partnership with the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and BioNTech.
HOW WILL THE RE-DESIGN PROCESS BE?
Euro banknotes were introduced on 1 January 2002 as the official currency of the Eurozone, a monetary union that now includes 19 of the EU’s 27 member states. Twenty years later, the ECB began a process to redesign banknotes.
The public will have a say in the comprehensive euro redesign process. European citizens will be surveyed and a carefully balanced advisory group will be formed with members from each of the 19 Eurozone states. However, it will take many years for a new design to settle.
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