MARRAKECH The European Central Bank should aim to engineer a "soft landing" for the euro zone's economy as long as it is confident that inflation keeps falling towards its 2% goal, ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Thursday.

"If we can follow a monetary path which ensures a soft landing... it's a much better route for our fellow citizens," the French central bank governor said at an event.

(Reporting by Francesco Canepa; editing by Jason Neely)