Former ECB chief Mario Dragi wins Charlemagne Prize

Laschet added, in a sombre opening speech: "If Europe is not competitive economically it will not, in the long-term, have the financial basis, the technological basis, the industrial basis to guarantee its security." Draghi -- who was widely credited with saving the euro from collapse after promising in 2012 to do "whatever it takes" to shore up the currency amid a eurozone debt crisis -- has since urged Europe to deepen economic integration to better compete with the United States and China. Draghi...