The European Central Bank (ECB) is facing multiple challenges ahead of its leadership change next year. Stubbornly, inflation spiked by supply-chain shocks and fossil fuel prices persists. After several crises, finance ministers pursue painful consolidation while struggling to finance greater defense expenditures and future-oriented investment. Far-right challengers continue to rise in the polls ahead of the EU’s “super election year” 2027. And yet: fragile growth seems to be returning to the Eurozone and, in a hostile geoeconomic setting, the euro may play an even stronger international role.
In this demanding context, DGAP is delighted to host Klaas Knot, official candidate for the ECB presidency and former president of the Dutch Central Bank, for an exclusive background discussion with a select group of experts and stakeholders. We will hear Knot’s perspective and vision for the ECB and examine which priorities should be pursued to successfully navigate today’s challenges.
Welcome: Linn Selle, Alfred von Oppenheim Head of the Europe Center, DGAP
Impulse: Klaas Knot, Former President of the Dutch Central Bank
Comments:
Philip M.A. Hoffmann, MdB and Monetary Policy Rapporteur in the Finance Committee, CDU/CSU
Kerstin Bernoth, Dean of the Graduate Center, German Institute of Economic Research DIW
Jörg Asmussen, CEO of the German Insurance Association (GDV); Former State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Finance
An open discussion with all participants will follow.
Moderator: Cédric Koch, Policy Fellow, DGAP Europe Centre