In an interview last year, the ECB union vice president, Carlos Bowles, expressed concern that a “culture of fear” within the Bank will promote self-censorship and groupthink. The ECB’s attempts to ...

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said she walked out of a speech by US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at the World Economic Forum because she found his anti-European rhetoric ...

This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. The interview took place Feb. 19, 2026.

The ECB boss is laying out a vision for how Europe can survive the fracturing of its relationship with its closest ally.

President Christine Lagarde said that she expects to serve as ECB president until October 2027, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Lagarde also defended a system that was built "by the powerful and the powerless alike" after last century's wars, while stressing it may need reforms, citing the World Trade Organisation ...

Despite the erosion of trust, the incentives for countries to cooperate remain strong,” Lagarde said in an speech in New York ...

Lagarde, who is expected to step down early as European Central Bank president ahead of French elections, was widely tipped to take over as the next permanent chair of the WEF, whose founder Klaus ...

He can be reached at hans.vanleeuwen@telegraph.co.uk Christine Lagarde is poised to quit as European Central Bank (ECB) boss early over fears Marine Le Pen could pick her successor if she wins the ...

FRANKFURT, Feb 11 (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde called on EU leaders on Wednesday to take urgent action in critical areas, including potentially divisive joint debt ...

Comments by European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde at today's press conference suggest that the exchange rate is indeed the weak spot in the Bank’s ‘good place’. As the last ECB rate cut ...