Economics
Top ECB Candidate Gets Points for Gender Rather Than Experience
- View emerged from leading lawmakers in European Parliament
- Gualtieri penned Oct. 23 letter to ECB President Mario Draghi
The headquarters of the European Central Bank
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With Ireland’s Sharon Donnery and Italy’s Andrea Enria locked in a race to become the euro zone’s top bank supervisor, the female candidate was highlighted for her gender and her male rival for his experience, according to a confidential letter obtained by Bloomberg.
That’s the assessment in an Oct. 23 letter to European Central Bank President Mario Draghi penned by Roberto Gualtieri, chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. The letter summarized the views of the influential group of lawmakers following a behind-closed-doors hearing with the candidates to lead the ECB’s Single Supervisory Mechanism.