ECB succession race: Netherlands throws weight behind Knot

The government of the Netherlands has formally put forward Klaas Knot as a candidate to succeed Christine Lagarde at the helm of the European Central Bank.

Should he be appointed, Knot, who headed The Netherlands Bank (DNB) between 2011 and 2025, would be the second Dutch national to become ECB president after Wim Duisenberg, the bank’s inaugural president.

An article in Bloomberg today (August 6) said the experienced central banker “has now received official backing from his government, according

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