EU leaders to discuss candidates for top ECB jobs at Nov 26 summit

By Fanny Roux ( November 13, 2026, 16:48 GMT | Insight) -- EU leaders are set to discuss who will replace European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde and two other vacancies on the ECB's Executive Board at their Nov. 26 summit in Brussels, suggesting that the appointments could be negotiated as a package. Lagarde announced in October that she was stepping down early on Feb. 7, 2027.EU leaders are set to discuss who will replace  Christine Lagarde as European Central Bank president and to two other members of the bank's Executive Board, Isabel Schnabel and Philip R. Lane, at their Brussels summit on Nov. 26, an EU official said Friday....

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