Brussels, 23/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - Although the Council has already stated its preference for the nomination of Austrian national Gertrude Tumpel-Guggerell to succeed Sirkka Hamalainen on the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (see EUROPE of 18 April, p.10, and 16 April, p.10), Belgium is very likely to maintain the candidature of Paul de Grauwe for this post until the national legislative elections on 18 May. "De Grauwe is still our candidate", a spokesperson for Belgian Prime...