{
  "id": 19843146,
  "title": "France and Germany near deal on De Cos for ECB top job as EU confirms two candidates",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/france-and-germany-near-deal-on-de-cos-for-ecb-top-job-as-eu-confirms",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T17:35:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/13/france-and-germany-near-deal-on-de-cos-for-ecb-top-job-as-eu-confirms-two-candidates"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two candidates are vying to succeed Christine Lagarde at the ECB, an EU official stated on Friday as EU leaders met in Dublin, while reports coming out of Spain said France and Germany are close to a deal on the central bank's top jobs with Spain's Pablo Hernández de Cos as favourite for president.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}