Central Banks
Lagarde Rejects Staff Criticism of Her Leadership
- ECB President responds to questions on a staff union survey
- ‘I’m extremely proud of the staff of the ECB,’ she says
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European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde rejected criticism of her leadership after a recent staff union survey showed discontent with her performance.
“As far as I’m concerned, I am irrelevant,” Lagarde told reporters Thursday in Frankfurt. “As long as I deliver on leading this institution of talented people. Not just economists, talented people, who are driven to do their job and to deliver — the rest, me as a person, irrelevant.”