By Fanny Roux ( November 9, 2026, 17:17 GMT | Insight) -- Eurozone finance ministers began informal discussions on Monday over who will succeed Christine Lagarde as European Central Bank president, with Spain's Pablo Hernández de Cos and the Netherlands' Klaas Knot as the candidates. With two other ECB Executive Board positions to be filled in the coming months, the three appointments could be negotiated as part of a package deal among member states.EU leaders will need to decide by Feb. 7, 2027 who will replace Christine Lagarde as European Central Bank president, as the French national recently said that she plans to step down on that date, nine months ahead of the end of her term....
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