ECB’s Lagarde Would Rival Centrists in French Presidential Race, Poll Shows
A POLITICO-commissioned poll shows Lagarde at 14% in a first-round scenario, narrowly ahead of Edouard Philippe but behind the leading extremes.
- A POLITICO-commissioned poll released Wednesday showed European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde would capture about 14% of first-round votes, narrowly ahead of candidate Edouard Philippe's 13.5%.
- Lagarde, who served as France's economy minister under former President Nicolas Sarkozy, is scheduled to leave the ECB on February 7, nine months before her mandate ends, fueling speculation about a potential candidacy.
- At the Paris Peace Forum on Wednesday, Lagarde remarked, "I said I want to recover my freedom to speak, my freedom to engage in matters that are not monetary policy, and that's what I want to do."
- Both Lagarde and Philippe would trail far-right leader Marine Le Pen and left-wing candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who are projected to advance to the runoff election under the poll's scenarios.
- Under France's two-round voting system, the top two finishers on the first ballot on April 18 will advance to a runoff on May 2, creating a narrow window for centrist consolidation before formal declarations.
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Christine Lagarde never claimed to want to introduce himself, on the contrary. However, some see the termination of her duties at the ECB as an opportunity for the former IMF patroness. ...
Christine Lagarde could be in with a shot at the French presidency, as she is garnering votes comparable to those of the main centrist candidates...and she hasn't even run. Although the outgoing European Central Bank president has previously ruled out running in next year's presidential election, her early departure from the ECB has reignited speculation about her possible political comeback.
The resigning President of the European Central Bank would exceed Édouard Philippe in the event of a candidacy but she would remain far behind Marine Le Pen, who is still in the lead
(Berlin=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Gye-yeon = European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde, who recently announced her early retirement, is running for French presidential election as rumored...
The former Minister of Economy of Nicolas Sarkozy would earn 14% of voting intentions if she were the candidate of the so-called "central" bloc. Better than the former Prime Minister.
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