European Parliament Not Thrilled That Euro Leaders Failed to Nominate a Single Woman for Central Bank Position
LatestThe European Parliament has delayed a hearing on a nominee to one of the overwrought European Central Bank’s top posts in an effort to underscore the fact that there’s a glaring absence of female leadership when it comes to the eurozone’s monetary authority. According to the AP, Yves Mersch, the head of Luxemborg’s central bank, was all set to put on his fanciest three-piece suit and appear before the European Parliament’s economic and monetary committee last Monday to audition (step, turn, kick, turn) for a vacant spot on the ECB’s board of six. Committee head Sharon Bowles, however, made it clear that, because she never received “an adequate answer” from eurozone finance ministers after asking them to nominate at least ONE woman for the ECB position, the committee would be delaying Mersch’s nomination.