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Who is Charlemagne Prize winner Mario Draghi?

dw.com·Timothy Rooks·18 days ago
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The former head of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi was presented with the prestigious Charlemagne Prize at a ceremony in Aachen, western Germany, on May 14. "You took charge of the euro during a time of crisis, and you stabilized the euro and the eurozone," Chancellor Friedrich Merz said during his speech honoring Draghi.  With his 2024 report on the future of European competitiveness, dubbed the Draghi Report , Merz said Draghi had "pointed the way toward reform with his unsparing analysis." "I think you'll understand why his friends call him Super Mario," the German chancellor joked. Who is Mario Draghi? Draghi is likely mostly remembered as the head of the Frankfurt-based European Central Bank (ECB), who worked to stabilize the eurozone during turbulent times. But he had many other career stops along the way. Draghi started out as a professor of economics in Italy. Later he worked at the World Bank  and Goldman Sachs.…

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