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Potential Lagarde exit fuels ECB succession talk
This morning, the Financial Times reported a potential early exit for Christine Lagarde from her position as President of the European Central Bank. The rationale here is that a swifter departure would allow French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to appoint a new president ahead of the French presidential elections. Whether this is a political strategy that all French voters will appreciate is probably a different story. In any case, this is the second time in less than a year that speculation of an earlier end to European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde’s term in office has ... (full story)
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