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Bundesbank Chief Shortlist Down to Nagel, Schnabel, Two Others

  • SPD won right to nominate Weidmann successor in coalition deal
  • Winning candidate will also become ECB Govering Council member

Olaf Scholz

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Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats have narrowed their shortlist on who to name as Bundesbank president to four candidates including Joachim Nagel and Isabel Schnabel, according to a person familiar with the party’s thinking.