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The ECB: EU's 'bad bank' (for its employees)

In the past few years, one institution has taken centre stage in the economic battle: the Frankfurt-based European Central Bank (ECB).

But, as the institution took on more responsibility, another issue came to light: it does not have enough staff to fulfil its missions of financial stability and banking surveillance, and many employees are now close to burnout.

"The ECB has definitely not enough permanent positions," Johannes Priesemann, president of the International and European...

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

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