German MEP, Fabio De Masi, who is a member of the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee and its Banking Union Working Group, comments:

“I welcome the investigation launched by the Ombudsman into ex-Goldman Sachs boy Mario Draghi and his ties with the financial industry.”

“I made a similar complaint to that of Corporate Europe Observatory a while ago. As a reaction to the financial crisis, the European Cental Bank's supervisory role was extended.

“Mario Draghi’s membership in the Group of 30, a club of bank governors that he is also supposed to supervise, is highly problematic.”

De Masi had posed questions to the European Cental Bank on this matter and submitted his own request to the Ombudsman on January 11, 2017. 

Related documents:

Letter from Mario Draghi, President of the ECB to Fabio De Masi, MEP

Letter from Fabio De Masi, MEP to Emily O’Reilly, European Ombudsman

Question for written answer from Fabio De Masi, MEP to the European Central Bank (1)

Question for written answer from Fabio De Masi, MEP to the European Central Bank (2)

Question for written answer from Fabio De Masi, MEP to the European Central Bank (3)

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