欧元区各国政府已被要求在周五前提交欧洲央行行长拉加德继任者的提名。
Euro-area governments have been asked to submit nominations for successors to European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde by Friday.
欧元集团主席皮拉卡基斯呼吁成员国在11月6日前提交提案，该集团发言人表示。这个由21个欧元区国家财长组成的集团将在11月9日的会议上审议这些提名。
Eurogroup President Kyriakos Pierrakakis has called on member states to send proposals by Nov. 6, according to a spokesperson of the group that comprises finance ministers from the 21-nation euro zone. Euro-area finance ministers will take stock of the nominations at a meeting on Nov. 9.
目前的候选人包括西班牙的巴勃罗·埃尔南德斯·德科斯和荷兰人克拉斯·克诺特。
So far, candidates include Spain’s Pablo Hernandez de Cos and Dutchman Klaas Knot.
拉加德周四表示，她将于2月7日卸任，比原定时间提前约九个月，以恢复她在货币政策以外话题上发言的自由。过去，她曾表达过有意参与明年晚些时候法国总统大选期间讨论的意愿。
Lagarde said on Thursday that she’ll step down on Feb. 7, some nine months early, to regain her freedom to speak on topics beyond monetary policy. In the past, she expressed an interest in contributing to the discussions during France’s presidential election later next year.