If you think von der Leyen is a bad choice ( which it undoubtedly is ) the choice of LaGarde as the nominee for European Central Bank President is even worse............... "she too inflexible, has a dreadful track record and knows nothing about monetary policy
Some of the biggest budget deficits ever recorded. The deepest recession since anyone started gathering statistics. A conviction for negligence. It is hard to imagine what exactly it might be that would disqualify somebody from being made President of the European Central Bank anymore. After all, those are the major achievements of Christine Lagarde’s time in public office and yet she has just been elevated to what may well prove the most pivotal role in the global economy over the next decade.
The trouble is, Lagarde will lead the eurozone into catastrophe. Mario Draghi, the Italian she will succeed, was a brilliant economist who through his mastery of the inner workings of the financial markets just about managed to keep a dysfunctional single currency afloat. Lagarde is a lawyer who is great at making alliances and brokering compromises but who knows nothing about monetary policy, and whose rigid application of the rules, and commitment to the reigning orthodoxy, may well finally crash the euro."
Telegraph