Draghi Sees High Bar for ECB Support to France
The former ECB president says rising inflation, France’s budget position and domestic politics make near-term market intervention unlikely.
Key takeaways
- Mario Draghi says near-term ECB market intervention for France is unlikely.
- He says the threshold for using ECB tools is higher when a country is under the EU’s Excessive Deficit Procedure.
Former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said near-term ECB intervention to support France’s markets appears unlikely, citing elevated and rising inflation and the central bank’s price-stability priority.
France has drawn investor scrutiny in recent weeks as rising global energy prices have coincided with concerns about its large budget deficits. Draghi said ECB tools are not barred when a country is under the EU’s Excessive Deficit Procedure, but the bar for using them is higher.
He also said the prospect of ECB support has become part of France’s domestic political debate, making intervention more difficult. Draghi said the current situation remains far from a repeat of the euro-area debt crisis.
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