Calendar of Christine Lagarde President of the ECB
October 2020
Date Meeting / Event (incl. topic / meeting participants, as applicable) Location
Thursday, 1 October Meeting with the German Council of Economic Experts, on the ECB latest economic and financial developments
Pre-recorded fireside chat at the Wall Street Journal online CEO Council Summit
Pre-recorded speech at Paris EUROPLACE online International Financial Forum, on the changing role of finance in the face of the pandemic
Meeting with Member of the European Parliament, Mr Sven ECB Simon, on the ECB Annual Report 2019
Monday, 5 October Eurogroup – teleconference
Meeting with President of the Eurogroup, Mr Paschal Donohoe, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Mr Valdis Dombrovskis, and European Commissioner, Mr Paolo Gentiloni, on the latest economic and financial developments – teleconference
Tuesday, 6 October Executive Board ECB
Participation in online panel on “‘The Economic and Monetary Union by stages’, Anniversaries of the Werner Report and the Euro Rescue Funds”, organised by the Bridge Forum Dialogue
Wednesday, 7 October Governing Council – teleconference
Thursday, 8 October Pre-recorded International Monetary Fund (IMF) Governor Talk, on “Structural Transformation After the Pandemic – We Have a Choice!”
Meeting with Mr Ernst Welteke, former President of the Deutsche ECB Bundesbank, on economic and financial developments
Calendar of Christine Lagarde, October 2020 1 Tuesday, 13 October Executive Board ECB
G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors – teleconference
Meeting with IMF Managing Director, Ms Kristalina Georgieva, on fiscal policy in advanced economies in Europe – during the IMF and World Bank Group (IMF-WBG) Annual Meetings – teleconference
Pre-recorded Vital Voices “Power to empower” podcast, on “Being the First and Daring the Difference”
Wednesday, 14 October G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors – teleconference
Virtual Global Roundtable, organised by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative – speech on sustainable finance
Meeting with media – teleconference
Thursday, 15 October Panel participation in online “CNBC Debate on the Global Economy” during the IMF-WBG Annual Meetings
Statement at 42nd meeting of International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) – teleconference
Sunday, 18 October Virtual International Banking Seminar, organised by Group of Thirty (G30) – participation in session on “Rebuilding and Sustaining Growth” with speech on the impact of COVID-19 on the euro area economy
Monday, 19 October Meeting with media – teleconference
Online ECB Conference on Monetary Policy: bridging science and practice – pre-recorded opening remarks
Congress organised by the Régions de France – speech on “Les Paris régions au cœur de l’Europe”
Meeting with Prime Minister of France, Mr Jean Castex, on the Paris latest economic and financial developments
Tuesday, 20 October Executive Board ECB
Opening ceremony of the Jewish Museum Frankfurt – pre- recorded message
Meeting with President of the European Council, Mr Charles Michel, President of the Eurogroup, Mr Paschal Donohoe, and European Commissioner, Ms Mairehead McGuiness, on the latest economic and financial developments – teleconference
Calendar of Christine Lagarde, October 2020 2 Wednesday, 21 October ECB Listens event with European civil society organisations held ECB as part of the ECB’s strategy review
Participation in Regulatory Roundtable, organised by the US Department of the Treasury – teleconference
Meeting with French Minister of the Economy, Finance and the Recovery, Mr Bruno Le Maire, on the latest economic and financial developments – teleconference
Tuesday, 27 October Executive Board ECB
Wednesday, 28 October Governing Council – teleconference
Meeting with French Minister of the Economy, Finance and the Recovery, Mr Bruno Le Maire, on general European economic and financial issues – teleconference
Thursday, 29 October Governing Council – teleconference
Friday, 30 October Meeting with President of the Eurogroup, Mr Paschal Donohoe, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Mr Valdis Dombrovskis, and European Commissioner, Mr Paolo Gentiloni, on the latest economic and financial developments – teleconference
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