European Central Bank President Draghi News Conference (Text)

Following is a transcript of European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s comments from his monthly news conference in Brussels today.

DRAGHI: The vice president and I are very pleased to welcome you to our press conference. I would like to thank Governor Coene for his splendid hospitality and express our special gratitude to his staff for the excellent organization of today’s meeting of the Governing Council. We’ll now report on the outcome of today’s meeting, which was also attended by the president of the Eurogroup, Finance Minister Dijsselbloem.