Context: José Manuel González-Páramo, a Spanish member of the Executive Board since June 2004, was due to leave the board in early June 2012 and no replacement had been named as of late May 2012. The Spanish had nominated Barcelona-born Antonio Sáinz de Vicuña, an ECB veteran who heads its legal department, as González-Páramo's replacement as early as January 2012 but alternatives from Luxembourg, Finland, and Slovenia were put forward and no decision made by May. After a long political battle, Luxembourg's Yves Mersch, was appointed as González-Páramo's replacement.

Question: Who did the Spanish want to take José Manuel González-Páramo's seat on the board?
Answer: Antonio Sáinz de Vicuña

Question: Who was ulitmately named as González-Páramo's replacement?
Answer: Luxembourg's Yves Mersch

Question: When was González-Páramo's supposed to leave his seat on the board?
Answer: June 2012

Question: When did González-Páramo take his seat on the Executive Board?
Answer: June 2004

Question: Why did the Spanish think that Vicuña would be a suitable replacement for González-Páramo?
Answer: ECB veteran who heads its legal department

Question: Who did the French want to steal José Manuel González-Páramo's seat on the board?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who was ulitmately named as González-Páramo's assistant?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: When was González-Páramo's upgraded from his seat on the board?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: When did González-Páramo sabotage his seat on the Executive Board?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Why did the Spanish think that Vicuña would be an awful replacement for González-Páramo?
Answer: Unanswerable