{"id":17564,"date":"2026-10-09T16:40:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T16:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berlinnews24.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/09\/germany-wants-a-seat-in-ecbs-governing-bodies-finance-minister-says\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T16:40:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T16:40:58","slug":"germany-wants-a-seat-in-ecbs-governing-bodies-finance-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berlinnews24.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/09\/germany-wants-a-seat-in-ecbs-governing-bodies-finance-minister-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany wants a seat in ECB&#8217;s governing bodies, Finance Minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Germany wants a seat in ECB&#039;s governing bodies, Finance Minister says        <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Germany wants a seat in ECB&#039;s governing bodies, Finance Minister says\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/af15ed39feaad7654aec9a7db6532bfb5abc0d8805762dd405ed31a188afc535\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w800_h555%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Freuters.com%2F4003ee0bdc67b120ffb2dca6e9a4bc9e.jpg\"\/> <\/li>\n<li>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Germany wants a seat in ECB&#039;s governing bodies, Finance Minister says\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/ce40427e83ff0a9b4754566f96d837fbb398b26a2604a385f3728d5ce74111a0\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w800_h537%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Freuters.com%2F5a6fd774886f0d0ec4a66fcc66e5683c.jpg\"\/> <\/li>\n<li>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Germany wants a seat in ECB&#039;s governing bodies, Finance Minister says\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/40637d12e22462ea0e1adc2ed33e7c257ffe050f333404795539d9c943c1b526\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w800_h586%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Freuters.com%2Fc8d193b8ae404b91edce076090c2c39a.jpg\"\/> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>                      1 \/ 3    <\/p>\n<h2>Germany wants a seat in ECB&#039;s governing bodies, Finance Minister says <\/h2>\n<p>    German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, October 7, 2026. REUTERS\/Leonhard Foeger                  <\/p>\n<p>BERLIN, Oct 9 (Reuters) &#8211; Germany wants to continue to be &quot;strongly \u200crepresented&quot; in the European Central \u200cBank&#039;s governing bodies in the future, German \u200bFinance Minister Lars Klingbeil said on Friday in Luxembourg on the sidelines of a finance ministers meeting.  <\/p>\n<p>&quot;I \u200cam coordinating \u2060closely with the Federal Chancellery on all issues concerning \u2060the ECB, and of course, we will put forward a German \u200bcandidate,&quot; Klingbeil \u200bsaid.  <\/p>\n<p>Euro zone \u200bfinance ministers on \u200cThursday started a process to replace European Central Bank board member Isabel Schnabel, who will leave the ECB on January 3 to \u200ctake up a \u200bpost at the International \u200bMonetary \u200bFund.  <\/p>\n<p>&quot;In the bilateral discussions here, \u200cI have noticed that \u200bevery \u200bcolleague is very clear that Germany plays a role at the \u200bECB,&quot; \u200cKlingbeil added.  <\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Reinhard Becker, \u200bAndreas Rinke and Maria MartinezEditing \u200bby Linda Pasquini)  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.finance.yahoo.com\/news\/eurogroup-sets-deadline-submit-candidates-170947266.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eurogroup sets deadline to submit candidates to replace ECB&#039;s Schnabel on Oct 28\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/8799861d39caedb16aa1ff94fb47ab70e27bba444bae72b1292b738c2b8e1348\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w194_h109%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Freuters.com%2Fb3cc1d9b922e11969747d9f4f6a231c5.jpg\"\/>    <\/a>   <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.finance.yahoo.com\/news\/eurogroup-sets-deadline-submit-candidates-170947266.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<h3>Eurogroup sets deadline to submit candidates to replace ECB&#039;s Schnabel on Oct 28<\/h3>\n<p>   <\/a>   <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.finance.yahoo.com\/news\/top-ecb-official-resign-imf-153108762.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Top ECB official to resign to take up IMF role\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/dc5210ce2918bca775e08a4d4e646cf3cc4fd7daee456f57b0fe34e10e55fbb2\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w194_h109%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fafp.co.uk%2F335677863e86b067bca77605500111cf.jpg\"\/>    <\/a>   <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.finance.yahoo.com\/news\/top-ecb-official-resign-imf-153108762.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<h3>Top ECB official to resign to take up IMF role<\/h3>\n<p>   <\/a>   <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.finance.yahoo.com\/news\/italy-says-no-candidate-ecb-170548408.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Italy says it has no candidate for ECB chief, calls for clarity over Lagarde\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/d20c91666038a64864ca23c6139e341fb488cbb768914e85b528af9a0e452edb\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w194_h109%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Freuters.com%2F197eeed6104bb6c3c5c831694a48a10c.jpg\"\/>    <\/a>   <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.finance.yahoo.com\/news\/italy-says-no-candidate-ecb-170548408.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<h3>Italy says it has no candidate for ECB chief, calls for clarity over Lagarde<\/h3>\n<p>   <\/a>   <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.finance.yahoo.com\/news\/merz-meet-frontrunners-lagarde-job-091811534.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Merz to meet frontrunners for Lagarde job as ECB race heats up - Bloomberg\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/cv\/apiv2\/finance\/article\/fallback_thumb\/opt\/Investing.png\"\/>    <\/a>   <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.finance.yahoo.com\/news\/merz-meet-frontrunners-lagarde-job-091811534.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<h3>Merz to meet frontrunners for Lagarde job as ECB race heats up &#8211; 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REUTERS\/Leonhard Foeger BERLIN, Oct 9 (Reuters) &#8211; Germany wants to continue to be &#8220;strongly \u200crepresented&#8221; in the European Central \u200cBank&#8217;s governing bodies in the future, German \u200bFinance Minister Lars Klingbeil said on Friday in Luxembourg on the sidelines of a finance ministers meeting.<br \/>\n &#8220;I \u200cam coordinating \u2060closely with the Federal Chancellery on all issues concerning \u2060the ECB, and of course, we will put forward a German \u200bcandidate,&#8221; Klingbeil \u200bsaid.<br \/>\n Euro zone \u200bfinance ministers on \u200cThursday started a process to replace European Central Bank board member Isabel Schnabel, who will leave the ECB on January 3 to \u200ctake up a \u200bpost at the International \u200bMonetary \u200bFund.<br \/>\n &#8220;In the bilateral discussions here, \u200cI have noticed..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/berlinnews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/berlinnews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/berlinnews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berlinnews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berlinnews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/berlinnews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berlinnews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/berlinnews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berlinnews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berlinnews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}