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German finance minister calls talk of ECB president succession 'speculation'

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 02/20/26 08:51 AM EST

FRANKFURT, Feb 20 (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said ?on Friday that ?the discussion about the ?term length of ECB ?President Christine Lagarde ?was "speculation", ?but that when it came ?time to ?find a successor, Germany would participate ?actively.

"It is ?also ?clear that when it comes to the ?succession, we in the ?government will address this issue very quickly, will have ?a ?common position, and ?will of course ?have a strong say as the federal government when it comes to Ms Lagarde's succession," ?he told journalists in Frankfurt. (Reporting by Tom ?Sims, ?Editing by Friederike ?Heine)

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