Economics
Lagarde’s Future ECB Colleagues Aren’t All Convinced on Her
- Governing Council didn’t unanimously back her, officials say
- Rota system meant Weidmann, Rehn and two others didn’t vote
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When Christine Lagarde chairs her first meeting as European Central Bank president in November, she might wonder which of her colleagues don’t really want her there.
On Thursday, as the Governing Council signed off on the decision by governments to appoint the former International Monetary Fund chief, not all of the 21 voting members backed her, according to two euro-zone central bank officials, who declined to be identified because such matters are confidential. According to one of them, the secret ballot threw up two objections and an abstention.