MEPs criticise ECB appointment

Following the approval of Jurgen Stark's nomination to the ECB's board by the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on Wednesday 19 April, some centre-left MEPs have criticised the go-ahead.

His appointment came in for flak from the committee chair, French socialist MEP Pervenche Beres, who spoke out in a later interview with German daily FT Deutschland.

"Finance ministers should not on the one hand criticise the ECB for lifting interest rates and at the same time appoint

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