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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10506

1 December 2011
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ECONOMY-FINANCE / (ae) ecb
France and Germany in battle over chief economist

Brussels, 30/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - France and Germany are fighting over the post of Chief Economist at the European Central Bank,a job that has always been held by a German since the ECB was first set up. Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said on Tuesday 29 November 2011 that fellow German Jörg Asmussen was the best person to replace the current ECB Chief Economist, Jürgen Starck, in January. France wants Benoît Cœuré, whose appointment to the ECB Executive Board was...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
SOVEREIGN DEBT CRISIS
ECONOMY-FINANCE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
SECTORAL POLICY
FOREIGN POLICY
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
THE INSTITUTIONS