德国财政部长弗里德里希·默茨表示，欧洲央行的高级职位空缺问题可以迅速得到解决，这可能包括行长克里斯蒂娜·拉加德的位置。
Chancellor Friedrich Merz said a rapid solution can be found to senior vacancies at the European Central Bank that are likely to include President Christine Lagarde.
虽然关于候选人的讨论正在进行中，但并没有必要‘匆忙做出决定’，默茨在接受彭博电视采访时表示。
While a debate is under way on candidates, there’s no need for a “fast decision,” Merz told Bloomberg Television.
在德国的伊莎贝尔·施纳贝尔于9月宣布提前离开执行委员会后，关于明年职位空缺的讨论加快了。
Discussions on jobs opening up next year have accelerated after Germany’s Isabel Schnabel in September announced her early departure from the Executive Board.
默茨周一说：‘如果有需要，我们会很快解决董事会的人选问题，包括她的继任者以及可能的行长人选。但我们已经做好了准备。’
“If it’s needed, we will come to a very quick solution on the board,” Merz said Monday. “For replacement of her and for potentially the president. But we are prepared.”
包括拉加德在内的几个欧洲央行高级职位需要在未来几个月内填补，德国在人选问题上的立场至关重要。
Several top ECB positions, including that of Lagarde, will need to be filled in the coming months and Germany’s stance on who gets them is pivotal.
拉加德并未排除在2027年10月任期结束前离职的可能性，有消息称她可能会在明年年初离职，她的回忆录计划于1月底出版。
Lagarde has declined to rule out leaving “a few months” before her term ends in October 2027. There’s talk she could leave early next year, with her memoir scheduled for release in late January.
这将与施纳贝尔的离职时间相吻合，施纳贝尔将提前结束任期，前往国际货币基金组织任职，她的任期从1月4日开始。
That would coincide with the departure of Schnabel, who’ll cut her tenure short for a role at the International Monetary Fund that starts on Jan. 4. Chief Economist Philip Lane’s eight-year term ends in May.
最有可能接替拉加德的人选是荷兰和西班牙的前央行行长克拉斯·诺特和帕布罗·埃尔南德斯·德科斯。
The favorites to succeed Lagarde are the former central-bank governors of the Netherlands and Spain, Klaas Knot and Pablo Hernandez de Cos.
据知情人士透露，德国决心在董事会中保持自己的影响力，并希望其候选人能够继续负责施纳贝尔负责的金融市场事务。欧元区财政部长们已将申请截止日期定为10月28日。
Germany is determined to maintain a board presence and wants its candidate to keep Schnabel’s financial-markets portfolio, people familiar with the matter have told Bloomberg. Euro-zone finance ministers have set a deadline for applications on Oct. 28.
潜在候选人包括前财政部长约尔格·库基斯、刚刚离开施纳贝尔在国际货币基金组织职位的托比亚斯·阿德里安、普林斯顿大学的马库斯·布鲁纳迈尔和伯克利大学的乌尔里克·马尔门迪尔，以及德国联邦银行的副行长萨宾·莫德勒。
Potential candidates include ex-Finance Minister Joerg Kukies, Tobias Adrian, who just left the job Schnabel will take at the IMF, professors Markus Brunnermeier of Princeton University and Ulrike Malmendier of Berkeley University, as well as Bundesbank Vice President Sabine Mauderer.
默茨拒绝公开潜在候选人的名单，他说：‘我不会在公开场合透露这些信息。’
Merz declined to provide the names of potential candidates. “I will not share them in public,” he said.