The president of the ECB, Mario Draghi, is the man of the year. The Financial Times 'crowned' him. According to the British newspaper it was "the determined Italian who saved the euro".
Draghi, writes the newspaper, played a central role in managing the euro crisis. The number one of the Eurotower has pushed governments and central banks to preserve the single currency. In particular, the FT cites the words spoken by Draghi on July 26 when he said: "Within its mandate, the ECB is ready to do anything to preserve the euro and believe me this will be enough". Abandoning "austerity now would be wasting the great sacrifices made by citizens", says the president of the ECB in an interview with the Financial Times. And he adds: "The situation is very serious but there are encouraging signs", there are estimates "of a recovery beginning in the second half of this year"
