Brussels, 16/12/2013 (Agence Europe) - The departure of Jörg Asmussen from the European Central Bank executive board to join the German government will be a “serious loss” for the ECB and he must be replaced as soon as possible, said the head of the ECB, Mario Draghi, on Monday 16 December at a hearing at the European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee.
Asmussen is leaving the job he has held at the ECB since the end of 2011 to become secretary of state for the German...