«I leave a solid and financially stable institution; I leave you with the awareness of having done a good job and having represented this reality in the best possible way.” This was stated by the president of the ECB, Christine Lagarde, in a video posted on social media after the central bank announced its decision to leave office on February 7th, before the natural deadline of October.
«An ECB ready for the future»
«It has been a great pride and an enormous privilege to be at the service of this institution and I want to thank all those who have contributed, supported and fulfilled the mission we have in Europe – he continued – to be a rock, to be solid, to guarantee price stability and financial stability. And I think I will leave this institution with the awareness of the good work done and an ECB ready for the future.”