EU leaders named Luxembourg central bank chief Yves Mersch to a top European Central Bank post Friday after his nomination was held up for months by objections that there were no women candidates for the job. EU leaders named Luxembourg central bank chief Yves Mersch, pictured in October 2012, to a top European Central Bank post Friday after his nomination was held up for months by objections that there were no women candidates for the job. The decision, taken at the opening of a two-day European Union budget summit, came despite a bitter political row over the lack of women in senior European positions and adds Mersch to the ECB's all-male executive board. Eurozone finance ministers named Mersch in July to replace Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo of Spain but Mersch was fiercely opposed by many in the European Parliament who objected that his appointment would result in an all-male ECB top management until 2018. "The ECB now has a member on its highest board without a … [Read more...] about EU leaders name Mersch to ECB after gender row