US EditionECB's Lagarde signals no imminent exit as politics and central banks collide
ECB spokesperson confirms no decision on Lagarde’s early departure, amid speculation that timing could allow Macron and Merz to influence the next ECB president.
- Earlier this week, reports suggested Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank , may leave before her mandate ends, but the ECB said she has not made a decision.
- With the Bank of France vacancy last week, Governor François Villeroy de Galhau's departure lets Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz influence Lagarde's successor amid rising far-right polls.
- Speculation centers on Klaas Knot and Pablo Hernández de Cos, with the Financial Times reporting Knot as a 'Goldilocks' candidate and de Cos praised for BIS leadership.
- This development risks paralyzing EU appointment talks as analysts warn an early exit could embroil the ECB in politics and limit eurosceptic input ahead of next year’s election.
- Lagarde frames her mission as price and financial stability, protecting the euro, while the successor to the ECB president must navigate new power structures shaping global finance.
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ECB boss Christine Lagarde leaves office. The race for succession is open. Minister of Finance Klingbeil wants a German at the top.
Lagarde addresses early exit rumours, says she expects to complete ECB term
The ECB chief’s position came under scrutiny this week after the Financial Times reported she was considering leaving before next year’s French presidential election, potentially allowing outgoing President Macron to influence the selection of her successor.
After Christine Lagarde, the ECB must abandon activism
Earlier this week, it was all but confirmed that Christine Lagarde would step down as President of the European Central Bank (ECB). The Financial Times reported that she would leave her role before the full eight-year term is up next year, a claim the ECB didn’t deny. Whoever replaces Lagarde will have the task of navigating the new power structures that shape global finance. The political world has changed and regulation has increased, but the …
In the Wall Street Journal, the ECB's Head of the ECB is faced with allegations of resignation before October 2027.
Christine Lagarde is staying. Or at least that’s still her intention for the moment. The president of the European Central Bank has stepped out of the debate about her possible early goodbye in an interview in The Wall Street Journal. In her, the French woman says that her goal is to finish her term, which ends in October 2027, when she will be eight years in charge of the institution. “When I look back all these years, I think we have achieved …
The President of the European Central Bank announces that he intends to make full use of his term of office by the autumn of 2027. Until then, Christine Lagarde wants to secure everything that has been achieved.
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