Wim DUISENBERG appears before the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament. He is candidate for the presidency for the Executive Board of the European Central Bank. Questions by Karl VON WOGAU,Alan John DONNELLY, Jean-Antoine GIANSILY, Bernard CASTAGNEDE, Pat COX, Christa RANDZIO-PLATH.

European Central Bank

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

COX, Pat (ELDR, IE, Patrick)

RANDZIO-PLATH, Christa (PSE, DE)

von WOGAU, Karl (EPP-DE, DE)

DUISENBERG, Wim (NL)

DONNELLY, Alan John (PSE, UK)

CASTAGNÈDE, Bernard (ARE, FR)

GIANSILY, Jean-Antoine (UPE, FR)

appointment of the President of the ECB (T)

Hearing of Wim DUISENBERG, candidate for the presidency for the Executive Board of the European Central Bank - Committee on Economic and Monetary affairs

Opening of the hearing by Karl Von Wogau, reporter of the convergence report.

Question by Alan DONNELY (PSE, UK) on the term of the presidency

Question by Jean-Antoine GIANSILY (UPE, F) &ldquo;What if the EP asks for an 8-year term?&rdquo;

Question by Bernard CASTAGNEDE (Greens, F) concerning the relations with the Federal Reserve Bank at Japan.

Question by Christa RANDZIO-PLATH (SOC, D)