Draghi rejects accusation that ECB is blackmailing Greece

Frankfurt

MARIO Draghi pushed back against an accusation that the European Central Bank (ECB) is blackmailing Greece and compounding the pressure on the country.

"Let me disagree with you about everything you said," Mr Draghi told Portuguese lawmaker Marisa Matias during his regular hearing at the European Parliament in Brussels. He was responding to a question about the withdrawal of a waiver that allowed the ECB to accept the country's junk-rated debt as collateral.