Draghi says has no plans to leave the ECB

European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi speaks during the bank's monthly news conference in Frankfurt July 3, 2014. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski reuters_tickers

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said on Monday he had no plans to leave his current post, dismissing speculation that he could return to Italy.

“I am at the ECB and I’ll stay at the ECB, and all the rumours to the contrary, coming from some interested parties perhaps, are unfounded,” Draghi told the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in Strasbourg.

(Reporting by Paul Carrel and Maria Sheahan; Editing by Susan Fenton)