MEPs reject candidate to all-male ECB board

Eurozone countries will be asked by the European Parliament to nominate a new member of the European Central Bank executive board — and ensure the candidate is female.

MEPs voted down the candidate put forward some months ago by member states, who had ignored warnings from MEPs that they would object to yet another all-male ECB board.

While the parliament cannot decide such issues, they must be consulted on appointments to the eurozone’s bank, and they can exercise pressure on the ECB president when he reports to the powerful Econ committee.