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Eurozone aims to pick ECB head ‘by December’– Eurogroup chief

Lagarde’s successor expected to be chosen as part of broader package of executive appointments

ECB 2017

Eurozone governments are aiming to decide on the next president of the European Central Bank “by December”, the head of the Eurogroup – the forum of eurozone finance ministers – has said.

In an interview with broadcaster Euronews on November 10, Kyriakos Pierrakakis – who also heads Greece’s finance ministry – said a decision on Christine Lagarde’s successor would be taken before the winter, alongside two other appointments to the ECB’s executive board. He stressed that the final choice would

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