• Cant afford to lose momentum on bank ‘oversight’
• Spreads decreasing in almost all EU nations
• Mersch’s qualifications are not in dispute, and urges the Mersch debate to focus’s on his qualifications ( after the panel opposed the appointment of Luxembourg’s central bank Governor Mersch to the ECB board)
• Made strong appeal for female candidates, saying there is a ‘blatant under-representation’ of women in the financial sector
• Full EU parliament is scheduled to give its verdict on October 25