Ensuring a balanced ECB Executive Board

On Tuesday 29 April at 9.30 , the Committee of Economic and Monetary Affairs will be holding a Confirmation Hearing of Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell who has been nominated by the Council of Ministers as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank.

Source: European Parliament

Mrs Tumpel-Gugerrell, who is currently vice-governor of the Austrian Central Bank, has been nominated for a period of eight years. Under the terms of the Treaty she must be heard by the Parliament before she