i see that sind at least 2018...
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august 2018
Heiko Maas (Germany's Foreign Minister)
"Work on creating a European payment system independent of the dominant existing international system SWIFT has already begun[..]We must increase Europe's autonomy and sovereignty in trade, economic and financial policies[..]It will not be easy, but we have already begun to do it."
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-urges-swift-end-to-us-payments-dominance/a-45242528