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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10365
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecb

Mario Draghi has Nicolas Sarkozy's backing

Brussels, 26/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, has thrown his weight behind the governor of Banca d'Italia, Mario Draghi, to take over from Jean-Claude Trichet as the head of the European Central Bank (ECB). After a Franco-Italian summit meeting, Sarkozy said that France would be delighted to back an Italian for the president of the ECB, namely Mario Draghi. Sarkozy said he knew Draghi very well and did not back him because he was Italian, but because he is a...