Christine Lagarde: Interview with Yomiuri Shimbun
Source: Ecb ·
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Interview with Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, conducted by Hironari Akiyama on 4 November 2026 On the glass ceiling and women in power – could you share your own experiences for Japanese women, not least because you know their situation as well? I discussed this topic a lot with Prime Minister Abe and his wife. He was determined to make a change for Japan at the time, and he had this programme called “One Million Women”. He got one million additional women into the workplace by implementing quite a few policies that were really helpful, like giving more freedom to the municipalities to open childcare centres. So thanks to Prime Minister Abe things changed a lot. And it helped women access positions of professional responsibility. At the ECB you became the first female leader. Did you have any difficulties or challenges in terms of being the first woman to lead the ECB? It’s always challenging to be in a minority. In Governing Council meetings, when I look around the table,…
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