Trichet defends ECB independence

The head of the European Central Bank on 4 June 2009 stressed the bank’s 'fierce independence' in a thinly veiled rebuke to Angela Merkel after the German chancellor accused it of bowing to international pressure in response to the financial crisis.

ESO: Background Information: Merkel mauls central banks http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkel-mauls-central-banks/

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