German EU Commissioner calls for French ECB president after Draghi

FILE PHOTO: European Union Budget Commissioner Guenther Oettinger holds a news conference to present the EU executive's final proposal for the bloc's next long-term budget, in Brussels, Belgium, May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir - Copyright Francois Lenoir(Reuters)

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Published on 14/09/2018 - 11:04•Updated 05/05/2024 - 06:57

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BERLIN (Reuters) - European Commissioner Guenther Oettinger is in favour of a French person taking the helm at the European Central Bank when President Mario Draghi's term expires in October 2019, a German newspaper reported.

"It would be best to have a German European Commission President and a clever Frenchman as head of the ECB," business daily Handelsblatt cited Oettinger as saying.

(Reporting by Michelle Martin,; Editing by Joseph Nasr)

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