This essay traces the evolution of the communication between the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Parliament (EP) over the past 25 years of Monetary Dialogues between the two supranational institutions. The essay begins with a reflection on the political problem of central bank communication. It then sketches out three distinct phases of ECB-EP relations over time. The main contention is that ECB communication with the EP has started, and should continue, to move from a one-way street to a multi-way street, in the interest of further improving the democratic credentials of EMU.