Indications

Spain's Guindos looks hard to beat in ECB vice presidency bid

Countries can still change minds before euro-area finance ministers decide on Monday

bloomberg

14.02.2018

The European Central Bank's second-highest post is Spain's to lose, a Bloomberg survey of euro-area governments indicates.

Portugal, Malta, Slovakia and Latvia already have said they intend to support Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos over Irish central bank governor Philip Lane to be the next vice president of the ECB. Officials from Lithuania, Austria, Cyprus and Finland told Bloomberg they are leaning toward supporting Guindos.