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Draghi thanks Merkel for decisive role in EU future

German leader leaving the helm after 16 years in charge

07 October, 14:48
(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 7 - Premier Mario Draghi on Thursday thanked visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel for playing a decisive role in shaping the EU's future. "I thank the chancellor on behalf of the government and myself personally for the decisive role she has had in designing the future of Europe in these years," he said after talks at the premier's office in Rome. Draghi said the German leader, who is leaving the helm of Germany after 16 years in charge, had always "supported the independence of the ECB" and said he was "grateful" fo the exchanges they had had over the years. Merkel said "also when he was at the central bank we collaborated and Draghi was a guarantor for the euro". (ANSA).

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