Protestor Dumps Confetti on Draghi During ECB Press Conference

April 15, 2015 Share Print 0

A protester briefly disrupted a Wednesday press conference with European Central Bank President Mario Draghi.

The protester jumped up on the table in front of Draghi, wearing a shirt calling for the end of the “ECB dick-tatorship.”

The protester also appeared to dump white paper confetti on the central bank chief.

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Security wrestled the woman away, and she was reportedly removed from the premises.

Draghi was just beginning to speak about the European economy when the protester rushed the stage.

via CNBC

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Alfonso Esparza specializes in macro forex strategies for North American and major currency pairs. Upon joining OANDA in 2007, Alfonso Esparza established the MarketPulseFX blog and he has since written extensively about central banks and global economic and political trends. Alfonso has also worked as a professional currency trader focused on North America and emerging markets. He has been published by The MarketWatch, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal and The Globe and Mail, and he also appears regularly as a guest commentator on networks including Bloomberg and BNN. He holds a finance degree from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM) and an MBA with a specialization on financial engineering and marketing from the University of Toronto.