FRANKFURT – For months, rumors have swirled that European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has her eyes trained on Paris, hoping to become the next French prime minister.
- Johanna Treeck and Marion Solletty
- Politico
That speculation bubbled further after the reelection of French President Emmanuel Macron, when she effusively congratulated him on Twitter — prompting barbs that she overstepped her role as a non-political central bank chief.
In fact, that chatter may say more about how Europe’s financial centers view her as ECB president than…