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ECB says 'no decision made' on Lagarde's potential early exit amid reports

Reports on Wednesday indicated Christine Lagarde could step down as ECB President before her mandate expires in October 2027. The ECB asserted that no decision has been made and that the President is focused on her mission, in a response to Euronews.

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00:02The European Central Bank has denied reports that its president, Christine Lagarde, would
00:07resign before the end of her term.
00:10Reports on Wednesday indicated Christine Lagarde could vacate her Frankfurt seat before the
00:14French elections in April 2027, month before her mandate expires in October 2027.
00:21The European Central Bank asserted that no decision has been made and that the president
00:26is focused on her mission in a response to Euronews.
00:29Lagarde would allow outgoing French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Friedrich
00:34Merz to oversee the appointment of her successor.
00:37With Macron constitutionally barred from running for a third term, fears are mounting in Brussels
00:42and Paris regarding the rise of the far-right party's national rally and the alternative
00:46for Germany.
00:47Class not the former Dutch Central Bank chief and Pablo Hernandez de Kos, the former governor
00:52of the Bank of Spain, are the most probable successor to Christine Lagarde, according
00:56to a Financial Times poll.
00:59We have a great time for the Secretary of State of the United States.
01:00It's a great show for the European Union and the European Union.
01:00by the World War of the Eurasian in the U.S.
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