
The Spanish Government and the Popular Party have formalized their support for Pablo Hernández de Cos, former governor of the Bank of Spain, as a candidate to succeed Christine Lagarde as president of the European Central Bank.
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Pablo Hernández de Cos is the current general director of the Bank for International Settlements and former governor of the Bank of Spain.
This Friday, Spain formalized its support for Pablo Hernández de Cos, former governor of the Bank of Spain and current general director of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS, in its acronym in English).
He is a consensus candidate and has the explicit support of both the Socialist Party and the Popular Party to succeed Christine Lagarde in office.

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