Draghi warns on eurozone break-up / Mario Draghi: tasked to save the euro

Major FT interview with the new President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, December 2011. He warned of the costs of a eurozone break-up, breaching a taboo for a president of the European Central Bank, even as he sought to play down market expectations about the ECB’s role in combating the sovereign debt crisis.

ESO: Background information: Draghi urges banks to boost liquidity / Doubts over ECB move to boost bond sales http://www.europeansources.info/record/draghi-urges-banks-to-boost-liquidity-doubts-over-ecb-move-to-boost-bond-sales/

ESO: Background information: How to restore trust in the ECB http://www.europeansources.info/record/how-to-restore-trust-in-the-ecb/

EurActiv, 19.12.11: Draghi kills hopes of large-scale ECB intervention http://www.euractiv.com/euro-finance/draghi-kills-hopes-large-scale-e-news-509800

ECB: Press: Speeches & Interviews: By date: 2011: 19 December 2011: Interview with Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, conducted by Lionel Barber and Ralph Atkins on 14 December 2011 in Frankfurt http://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2011/html/sp111219.en.html

BBC News, 19.12.11: ECB chief Mario Draghi plays down eurozone warning http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16253026

European Parliament: Press Release, 19.12.11: Deeper economic governance and credit ratings dominate debate with ECB President Draghi http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20111219IPR34534/html/Deeper-economic-governance-and-credit-ratings-dominate-debate-with-Draghi

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