Overview

President of the European Central Bank since 2019. Key figure in digital-euro development and EU monetary sovereignty policy.

Recent Developments

  • 2026-09-18: WSJ alleges Lagarde personally called Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis to block binance MiCA license, citing dollar stablecoins and digital euro concerns — despite ECB lacking formal MiCA licensing authority (2026-09-18-ecb-lagarde-binance-mica-block)
  • ECB spokesperson declined comment on intervention; confirmed ECB has no CASP licensing role under MiCA

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