Urgent.News

What's breaking now, across thousands of outlets.

Business

Transition at the ECB after Lagarde steps aside

Its balance is favourable because it leaves a more solid bank, prepared for future tensions in the euro zone.

Translated from Spanish Read in Spanish

Transition at the ECB after Lagarde steps aside

Christine Lagarde will leave the European Central Bank in February, she announced. This decision ends months of speculation and starts the succession process. The move is part of a series of changes that began with the departure of the Governor of the Bank of France in February. The changes involve the renewal of the three most important positions on the bank's six-person executive committee.

Written by urgent.news from El Pais Economia's report — not a translation of it. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

Read the original at cincodias.elpais.com →

More in Business

A new ECB for a more uncertain world

Candidates for the new executive committee should explain what they would do in the face of the dilemma of supply shocks, a potential French debt crisis and the battle for digital payments

More from Friday 30 October →