In Wall Street Journal interview, ECB chief backs smaller country groupings to push capital markets reform and other long-delayed economic changes.

The following is the transcript of the interview with Christine Lagarde, European Central Bank president, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Feb. 22, 2026.

President Trump’s decision to lift a new global tariff from 10% to 15% just one day after a Supreme Court defeat has jolted US–EU relations and reopened a policy front that many investors hoped was ...

President Donald Trump’s latest tariff moves risk upsetting the previously negotiated “equilibrium” between the European ...

Crypto-skeptic European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde aims to step down sometime before the French presidential elections in 2027.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Europe is jeopardising its own future by missing the boat on artificial intelligence and must quickly remove obstacles that prevent the diffusion of this new technology, European ...

Following reports on Wednesday that Christine Lagarde could step down as ECB President before her mandate ends, some EU countries have begun sounding out potential successors. View on euronews ...

Christine Lagarde receives about €140,000 a year as a Bank for International Settlements board member despite a European ...

European finance ministers agreed Tuesday to raise the minimum guarantee of bank deposits to 50,000 euros ($68,600) across all EU member states and to work together on measures to address the credit ...

European governments may choose to fast-track finding a successor for Christine Lagarde at the European Central Bank to avoid having to deal with a far-right French president after 2027 elections.