أفاد مؤسس المنتدى الاقتصادي العالمي كلاوس شواب أن رئيسة البنك المركزي الأوروبي كريستين لاغارد ناقشت إمكانية إنهاء ولايتها في رئاسة البنك، قبل موعدها لتولي رئاسة المنتدى.
شواب، الذي غادر المنتدى الشهر الماضي، قال إنه تم بالفعل اتخاذ ترتيبات عملية، مثل توفير شقة في سويسرا، لتمكين لاغارد من تسلم قيادة المنتدى قبل انتهاء ولايتها في البنك المركزي الأوروبي في عام 2027.
وقد تؤدي أي خطوة تتخذها لاغارد لتسريع مغادرتها البنك المركزي الأوروبي إلى إطلاق سباق على خلافة المنصب الأعلى للسلطة النقدية في الاتحاد الأوروبي.
وفي مقابلة مع «فايننشال تايمز»، نشرت ضمن تقرير اطلعت عليه «العربية Business»، قال شواب إن لاغارد كانت محور خطة ناقشاها معاً على مدى «عدة سنوات» لتخلفه في رئاسة المنتدى، الجهة المنظمة للاجتماعات السنوية للنخب الاقتصادية والسياسية في منتجع دافوس السويسري.
وكانت أحدث محادثة بينهما في أوائل أبريل، عندما زار شواب لاغارد في فرانكفورت «لمناقشة انتقال القيادة في المنتدى، مع بقائي رئيساً حتى تكون مستعدة لتسلُّم المنصب، على أبعد تقدير، مطلع عام 2027»، حسبما صرح شواب في المقابلة.
لاغارد، التي تشغل عضوية مجلس أمناء المنتدى منذ عام 2008، تخضع لفترة ولاية غير قابلة للتجديد مدتها ثماني سنوات في البنك المركزي الأوروبي، تنتهي بنهاية أكتوبر 2027.
وقال متحدث باسم البنك المركزي الأوروبي: «الرئيسة لاغارد ملتزمة تماماً بمهماتها، ومصممة على إكمال ولايتها». وامتنع المتحدث عن تقديم مزيد من التصريحات.
أما المنتدى الاقتصادي العالمي، فقال إنه «ليس في موقع يسمح له بالتعليق على أي مناقشات سرية محتملة قد تكون جرت بين رئيسنا السابق ولاغارد».
وتُعد لاغارد، البالغة من العمر 69 عاماً، والمديرة السابقة لصندوق النقد الدولي ووزيرة المالية الفرنسية السابقة، ثاني رئيس للبنك المركزي الأوروبي يغادر المنصب مبكراً بعد فيم دويسنبرغ.
ويُعد منصب رئاسة البنك المركزي الأوروبي من أبرز المناصب المالية في أوروبا، وكان تاريخياً موضع مساومات سياسية رفيعة المستوى بين الدول الأعضاء.
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The founder of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, stated that European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde discussed the possibility of ending her term at the bank before its scheduled end to take over the leadership of the forum.
Schwab, who left the forum last month, said that practical arrangements had already been made, such as providing an apartment in Switzerland, to enable Lagarde to assume leadership of the forum before her term at the European Central Bank ends in 2027.
Any move by Lagarde to expedite her departure from the European Central Bank could trigger a race for succession to the top position of monetary authority in the European Union.
In an interview with the "Financial Times," published in a report reviewed by "Al Arabiya Business," Schwab said that Lagarde had been the focus of a plan they had discussed together over "several years" for her to succeed him as head of the forum, which organizes the annual meetings of economic and political elites in the Swiss resort of Davos.
The latest conversation between them was in early April, when Schwab visited Lagarde in Frankfurt "to discuss the leadership transition at the forum, with me remaining as president until she is ready to take over the position, at the latest by early 2027," Schwab stated in the interview.
Lagarde, who has been a member of the forum's Board of Trustees since 2008, is subject to a non-renewable eight-year term at the European Central Bank, which ends at the end of October 2027.
A spokesperson for the European Central Bank said: "President Lagarde is fully committed to her duties and determined to complete her term." The spokesperson declined to provide further comments.
As for the World Economic Forum, it stated that it "is not in a position to comment on any potential confidential discussions that may have taken place between our former president and Lagarde."
Lagarde, who is 69 years old, the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund and former French finance minister, is the second president of the European Central Bank to leave the position early after Wim Duisenberg.
The position of president of the European Central Bank is one of the most prominent financial positions in Europe and has historically been the subject of high-level political bargaining among member states.
Schwab, who left the forum last month, said that practical arrangements had already been made, such as providing an apartment in Switzerland, to enable Lagarde to assume leadership of the forum before her term at the European Central Bank ends in 2027.
Any move by Lagarde to expedite her departure from the European Central Bank could trigger a race for succession to the top position of monetary authority in the European Union.
In an interview with the "Financial Times," published in a report reviewed by "Al Arabiya Business," Schwab said that Lagarde had been the focus of a plan they had discussed together over "several years" for her to succeed him as head of the forum, which organizes the annual meetings of economic and political elites in the Swiss resort of Davos.
The latest conversation between them was in early April, when Schwab visited Lagarde in Frankfurt "to discuss the leadership transition at the forum, with me remaining as president until she is ready to take over the position, at the latest by early 2027," Schwab stated in the interview.
Lagarde, who has been a member of the forum's Board of Trustees since 2008, is subject to a non-renewable eight-year term at the European Central Bank, which ends at the end of October 2027.
A spokesperson for the European Central Bank said: "President Lagarde is fully committed to her duties and determined to complete her term." The spokesperson declined to provide further comments.
As for the World Economic Forum, it stated that it "is not in a position to comment on any potential confidential discussions that may have taken place between our former president and Lagarde."
Lagarde, who is 69 years old, the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund and former French finance minister, is the second president of the European Central Bank to leave the position early after Wim Duisenberg.
The position of president of the European Central Bank is one of the most prominent financial positions in Europe and has historically been the subject of high-level political bargaining among member states.
