Trichet Urges Euro Finance Ministry as Students Protest Crisis
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European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet used his last scheduled speech to push for a single euro-area finance ministry. Students in the audience used it as an opportunity to protest about the debt crisis, some waving placards and booing Trichet.
With the crisis still raging as his eight-year term at the helm of the ECB comes to close, Trichet said the case for a common finance ministry has “strengthened” to improve economic governance in the 17-nation currency bloc.