17/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - Ségolène Royal again spoke out against the “omnipotence” of the European Central Bank (ECB) on Wednesday. During a visit to Luxembourg where she met the prime minister and finance minister of the country, Jean-Claude Juncker, the Socialist candidate for the French presidential elections said that the “European economic government must be far more active”. In her view, “it is important for the European Central Bank to aim not only at conquering inflation but also at growth and hence social progress”. Ms Royal's host, the Eurogroup president, was more cautious and pressed for a return to the “spirit of the treaties whereby price stability, growth and employment have the same weight in Europe”. (ab)