Why Lagarde’s ECB Appointment is (Almost Certainly) Unlawful

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Mario Prost is Senior Lecturer in International Law at Keele University and Director of the Keele LLM in International Law. He is a former Board member of the European Society of International Law. Mario can be contacted at m.prost@keele.ac.uk.

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Why Lagarde’s ECB Appointment is (Almost Certainly) Unlawful

July 30, 2019

Mario Prost

On 2 July, after three days of infighting and political horse-trading, the European Council reached an agreement on appointments to the EU’s ‘top jobs’. To say that these have been controversial would be an understatement, not least because of the process leading to the appointments. The Council’s decision was reached behind closed doors. There was no public…