Photos: FEMEN crash European Central Bank President Mario Draghi

The European Central Bank’s news conference was briefly interrupted when a young woman from FEMEN charged at ECB chief Mario Draghi calling for an “end to the ECB dictatorship”. She jumped onto the podium where Draghi was seated but was quickly apprehended and escorted out of the premises before the news conference resumed.

[caption id=“attachment_2198780” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] A woman in a black T-shirt took over the podium of European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s news conference shouting “End the ECB dictatorship,” and scattered confetti on him. In a statement later, she said she was motivated to protest against Draghi because he’s never been elected. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2198784” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Mario Draghi was visibly shaken by the incident, but later recovered enough composure to resume the conference. REUTERS[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2198786” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The protester scatters confetti on ECB chief Mario Draghi. REUTERS[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2198788” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] She was quickly apprehended and escorted out of the premises before the news conference resumed. REUTERS[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2198790” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The woman wore a T-shirt that spelled “dick tatorship”. REUTERS[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2198792” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Police told afterwards that the 21-year-old woman from Hamburg had had a valid media accreditation. She was questioned by police but later released. REUTERS[/caption]