欧盟领导人计划在12月17日至18日的峰会上，为提前卸任的欧洲央行行长克里斯蒂娜·拉加德任命继任者，一位资深欧元区官员周三表示。
Union leaders aim to appoint a successor to European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, who is stepping down early, at their December 17 to 18 summit, a senior euro zone official said on Wednesday.
拉加德上周宣布，她将于2027年2月7日卸任，比其正式任期结束提前数月。欧盟领导人将在财政部长从提交的候选人中正式推荐、并征询欧洲央行和欧洲议会意见后，任命其继任者。
Lagarde announced last week she would step down on February 7, 2027, months ahead of the formal end of her mandate. EU leaders will appoint her replacement once finance ministers make a formal recommendation from among submitted candidates and after consulting the ECB and the European Parliament.
以12月欧盟峰会为目标，完成所有正式程序的时间并不充裕，特别是欧洲议会虽然对欧洲央行执委会候选人没有否决权，但必须在全体会议上通过对拟任人选的意见。欧洲议会将于11月23日至28日在斯特拉斯堡举行一次全会，12月还将举行更多全会。
Aiming for the December EU summit does not leave a lot of time to complete all the formal steps, especially given that the European Parliament, even though it does not have a veto right on ECB board candidates, has to adopt its view on the proposed person at a plenary session. There is one such plenary session on November 23 to 28 in Strasbourg and more in December.
这位参与决策准备工作的资深官员表示：“目标是在12月的欧洲理事会上就任命达成正式协议。”
"The aim is to find a formal agreement on the appointments in December at the European Council," the senior official, involved in the preparations of the decision, said.
欧元区各国政府将于11月6日（周五）前提交接替拉加德的候选人，欧元区财政部长将于11月9日（周一）的例行会议上梳理进展情况。
Euro zone governments are to put forward their candidates to replace Lagarde by Friday, November 6, and euro zone finance ministers will take stock of the process at their regular meeting on Monday, November 9.
荷兰已宣布将提名其前央行行长克拉斯·克诺特，西班牙预计将提名国际清算银行行长巴勃罗·埃尔南德斯·德科斯。
The Netherlands has already announced it would propose its former central bank governor, Klaas Knot, and Spain is likely to put forward the head of the Bank for International Settlements, Pablo Hernandez de Cos.
这位资深官员表示，周一没有计划就单一候选人发布推荐意见，但如果欧盟领导人在未来几天就单一候选人达成政治协议，情况可能会有变化。
There are no plans to issue a recommendation for a single candidate on Monday, the senior official said, adding this could change if a political agreement on a single candidate emerges among EU leaders in the coming days.
该政治协议还可能包括关于接替中央银行执行委会另外两名成员的安排：欧洲央行市场运作负责人伊莎贝尔·施纳贝尔将于2027年1月3日离任，首席经济学家菲利普·莱恩的任期将于2027年5月结束。
The political agreement is also likely to include a deal on who should replace two other members of the central bank's Executive Board: the head of the ECB's market operations, Isabel Schnabel, who leaves on January 3, 2027, and Chief Economist Philip Lane, whose term ends in May 2027.
“因此，如果很快达成协议，我们说的是几天而不是几周，那么（欧盟财长）理事会本月内就可以发布正式建议，”该官员说。
"So if an agreement emerges soon, we're talking about days rather than weeks, then the council (of EU finance ministers) could issue a formal recommendation already within this month," the official said.
该官员表示，如果所有正式步骤耗时更长，新任欧洲央行行长仍可在1月获任命，届时议会将举行另一周全会，领导人可在不亲自会面的情况下正式敲定决定。“但最好我们能在12月把这事彻底搞定，”该官员说。
The official said that if all the formal steps take longer, the new ECB head could still be appointed in January, when parliament holds another plenary week and leaders could formalise the decision without meeting in person. "But preferably we would have this done and dusted in December," the official said.