布鲁塞尔，10月8日——周四，欧元区各国财长启动程序，以接替将于1月3日离任并前往国际货币基金组织任职的欧洲央行执委伊莎贝尔·施纳贝尔。
BRUSSELS, Oct 8 - Euro zone finance ministers on Thursday started a process to replace European Central Bank board member Isabel Schnabel, who will leave the ECB on January 3 to take up a post at the International Monetary Fund.
欧元区财长会议主席基里亚科斯·皮拉卡基斯已要求联盟内21个成员国在10月28日前提交合适的候选人。随后，欧元集团将在下次会议上决定向欧盟领导人推荐哪位人选，这一任命很可能在12月的欧盟峰会上敲定。
The chairman of euro zone finance ministers Kyriakos Pierrakakis asked the bloc's 21 countries to submit candidates for Schnabel's job by October 28. The Eurogroup will then decide at its next meeting which candidate to recommend to EU leaders for appointment, most likely at their summit in December.
施纳贝尔的离任引发了各方对关键职位的激烈争夺，预计这将是一场复杂的政治博弈。此外，欧洲央行首席经济学家菲利普·莱恩也计划于明年5月卸任，而行长克里斯蒂娜·拉加德虽屡传辞职传闻，但最迟将于明年10月离任。
News of Schnabel's departure has set in motion what is likely to be a complicated game of political chess for coveted roles. ECB chief economist Philip Lane is also set to leave next May and ECB President Christine Lagarde, herself a subject of persistent resignation rumours, will depart by next October at the latest.
由此可见，施纳贝尔的继任者人选将涉及更广泛的政治协商，而非单独决定。目前德国、西班牙、荷兰和法国均希望获得这一重要职位。虽然理论上所有成员国都有资格提名人选，但德国、法国和意大利作为联盟内最具影响力的三个国家，实际上长期占据着欧洲央行执委席位，因此施纳贝尔的继任者极有可能出自这三个国家之一。《路透社每日简报》为您汇总每日必备新闻资讯，欢迎点击订阅。
That suggests that Schnabel's replacement will be part of a broader political deal, rather than a singular appointment, as Germany, Spain, the Netherlands and France are all vying for powerful board seats. While technically any country can contest Schnabel's seat, the bloc's top three — Germany, France and Italy — have a de facto permanent seat on the board, and her replacement is likely to come from one of those countries.