Calendar of Christine Lagarde President of the ECB
March 2021
Meeting / Event (incl. topic / meeting participants, as Date applicable) Location
Monday, 1 March Online annual meeting of the German Association for Small and Medium-sized Businesses (BVMW) – pre-recorded video message on “The coronavirus crisis and SMEs”
Tuesday, 2 March Executive Board – teleconference
European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) Steering Committee – teleconference
Friday, 5 March Meeting with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) – teleconference
Saturday, 6 March Meeting with the BIS – teleconference
Monday, 8 March Meeting with the BIS – teleconference
Speech to BIS staff about gender diversity and central banking – teleconference
Pre-recorded podcast with President of the European Commission, Ms Ursula von der Leyen, for International Women’s Day
Tuesday, 9 March Executive Board ECB
Meeting with the BIS – teleconference
Wednesday, 10 March Governing Council – teleconference
Thursday, 11 March Governing Council – teleconference
Meeting with President of the European Commission, Ms Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Council, Mr Charles Michel, and President of the Eurogroup, Mr Paschal Donohoe, on the latest economic and financial developments ‒ teleconference
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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
Friday, 12 March Meeting with the BIS – teleconference
Meeting with General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), Mr Luca Visentini, on the latest economic and financial developments – teleconference
Monday, 15 March Eurogroup – teleconference
Macroeconomic Dialogue at political level – teleconference
Tuesday, 16 March Executive Board – teleconference
Video address for the 150th anniversary of the Palmengarten Frankfurt
Meeting with the European Financial Services Round Table (EFR), on economic and financial developments – teleconference
Non-Financial Business Sector Dialogue – teleconference
Thursday, 18 March Hearing before the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) of the European Parliament – introductory statement – teleconference
Online meeting with the Delegation for Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities between Men and Women of the French National Assembly
Meeting with Citi, on the latest economic and financial developments – teleconference
Friday, 19 March Meeting with First President of the French Court of Audit, Mr Pierre Moscovici, on the latest economic and financial developments – teleconference
Meeting with Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Mr Jerome H. Powell, and Governor of the Bank of England, Mr Andrew Bailey, on the latest economic and financial developments – teleconference
Saturday, 20 March Video message for the 30th anniversary of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Tuesday, 23 March Executive Board – teleconference
Wednesday, 24 March Virtual live event on “Investing in Climate Action: the Make-or- Break Decade”, organised by the European Commission and the European Investment Bank in cooperation with Project Syndicate
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Governing Council – teleconference
Thursday, 25 March General Council – teleconference
Online BIS Innovation Summit – participation in conversation session on “How can innovation support sustainable growth?”
Online BIS Innovation Summit – participation in the presentation session on “The Governors: what does central bank innovation mean to you?”
European Council meeting – teleconference
Monday, 29 March Lunch with President of the European Council, Mr Charles Brussels Michel
Meeting with former President of the Economic and Financial Committee (EFC), Mr Thomas Wieser, on the latest economic and financial developments – teleconference
Meeting with the Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), Mr Steven Maijoor, on the latest economic and financial developments – teleconference
Tuesday, 30 March Executive Board – teleconference
Meeting with Association of German Banks, on the latest economic and financial developments – teleconference
Wednesday, 31 March Meeting with media – teleconference
Meeting with the BIS – teleconference
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