More details on the comments by de Guindos, as he spoke in an interview with French newspaper Les Echos

  • Current growth in Eurozone offers opportunity to accelerate European intergration
  • QE is but a temporary tool, as much as negative interest rates are
  • Says he is in favour of appointing a finance minister for the Eurozone

His earlier comments can be found here.

As another reminder from the previous post, de Guindos is favourite to succeed Vitor Constancio as ECB vice president when Constancio's term ends on 31 May. The only other contender for the post is Irish central bank governor Philip Lane.