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"Open doors" at the ECB headquarter in Frankfurt in October 2016. (Photo: ECB/Flickr)

Eurozone bank needs more scrutiny, says NGO

The European Central Bank (ECB) should leave the "troika" of lenders to EU countries and be put under increased scrutiny, according to Transparency International (TI).

In a report published on Tuesday (28 March), the NGO said that the eurozone's central bank enjoys an "extraordinary degree of latitude", which keeps it out of "appropriate democratic scrutiny".

"No other ce...

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