Juncker: Weidmann suitable candidate for ECB President
|The European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, in an interview to Handelsblatt newspaper published on Thursday, said that Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann would be a suitable candidate to become the next ECB President after Mario Draghi’s mandate expires in November.
Key points:
• Does not share the opinion that a German cannot become ECB president.
• Says that Weidmann is a convinced European and experienced central banker.
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