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Politico (9 November 2026)

Johanna TREECK

Berlin is struggling to find a candidate for the European Central Bank’s executive board, continuing a poor run of filling top finance roles.

Germany's scramble to find a superstar to fill a seat on the European Central Bank’s executive board has exposed Berlin’s broader failure to develop candidates for top finance jobs.

The lack of a strong German pipeline emerged amid a game of musical chairs among France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain over three looming vacancies on the six-person board, including the most powerful: the ECB presidency.

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