EU horse-trading begins for top economic jobs
Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland Sharon Donnery led the ECB’s task force on non-performing loans where her tough tack helped European banks shrink their mountain of bad debt. Picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie
Italy, Poland and Sweden proposed candidates to lead the European Investment Bank (EIB), according to people familiar with the matter, kicking off an initial round of European Union horse-trading before bargaining over top jobs intensifies next year.
The deadline yesterday is just a week before the cut-off date for nominations to lead the European Central Bank’s (ECB) financial watchdog. Three women — Germany’s Claudia Buch, Spain’s Margarita Delgado and Ireland’s Sharon Donnery — are considered the favourites for that job. Both the EIB and ECB positions become available as of January.
