Economics
A French ECB President Again? It's Possible If Germany Balks
- Villeroy, Coeure, and Lagarde all seen as possible ECB chiefs
- Draghi goes in Oct. 2019, and other EU posts are also in play
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If French President Emmanuel Macron decides to put forward a candidate to succeed Italy’s Mario Draghi as head of the European Central Bank, he’ll have plenty of names to choose from.
Of 10 potential successors identified by economists in a Bloomberg survey, three are French -- more than any other nation. Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau, ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure, and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde are all considered to be contenders when Draghi leaves in October 2019.