Press Release: Monetary policy decisions, April 2015

In a press conference on 15 April 2015, European Central Bank presidente Mario Draghi reviewed the effects of the quantitative easing programme which was implemented in the previous month.

A 21-year old German philosophy student interrupted the press conference by jumping on the table and throwing confetti while shouting 'end to ECB dictatorship!'.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Monetary policy decisions, March 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/monetary-policy-decisions-march-2015/

ESO: Background information: ECB launches bond-buying scheme of €60 billion per month http://www.europeansources.info/record/twitter-ecb-and-eurosystem-national-central-banks-have-as-previously-announced-started-purchases-under-the-public-sector-purchase-programme-ecb-launches-bond-buying-scheme-of-e60-billion-per-mont/

EurActiv, 15.04.15: Greece casts shadow as ECB money printing buoys eurozone http://www.euractiv.com/sections/euro-finance/greece-casts-shadow-ecb-money-printing-buoys-eurozone-313788

EUObserver, 15.04.15: Draghi hopes for quiet life after QE calms nerves https://euobserver.com/news/128321

ECB: Press Release, 15.04.15: Introductory statement to the press conference https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pressconf/2015/html/is150415.en.html

EUObserver, 16.04.15: Who is the woman that threw confetti on Draghi? https://euobserver.com/news/128346

EurActiv, 18.05.15: Europe's low interest rates a headache for corporate pensions http://www.euractiv.com/sections/social-europe-jobs/europes-low-interest-rates-headache-corporate-pensions-314626

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