(COMBO) This combination of file photographs created on November 6, 2026 shows President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde (top L) and then Spain´s Bank Governor Pablo Hernandez de Cos (top R) prior a family picture during the ECOFIN Informal Meeting in Santiago de Compostela on September 16, 2023 (up) and President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde (bottom R) with then President of The Netherlands Bank (DNB) Klaas Knot (bottom L) prior to a press conference in Amsterdam on June 9, 2022. (down). Former Dutch central bank chief Klaas Knot and former governor of the Bank of Spain Pablo Hernandez de Cos will go head to head to replace ECB chief Christine Lagarde after being officially named as candidates on November 6, 2026. (Photo by MIGUEL RIOPA and JOHN THYS / AFP via Getty Images)