In an effort to promote diversity and gender equality in the ECB, the European Parliament in 2012 blocked the appointment of Luxembourg’s Yves Mersch to the bank’s executive board. But MEPs then failed to propose a plausible female alternative, leaving the ECB understaffed for weeks during the eurozone sovereign-debt crisis.
最近强力推动变化的努力带来了反作用。为了在欧洲央行推行多样化和性别平等，2012年欧洲议会否决了任命卢森堡的摩尔什（Yves Mersch）为执行委员会委员的任命。但MEP随后并未提出合理的女性替代者，导致欧洲央行在欧元区主权债务危机爆发期间的几周内人手不足。