France would back Klaas Knot for ECB chief; Reuters sources
Potential ECB leadership and staffing arrangements can shape expectations for policy direction and the central bank’s outlook, affecting European rates and broader market pricing of interest-rate paths.
France would support Dutch central banker Klaas Knot as the next European Central Bank president if the influential ECB chief economist role were given to a French candidate, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The informal proposal has not been formally agreed and was described by the sources as conditional.