FILE PHOTO: Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos speaks during an interview with Reuters at Economy Ministry in Madrid, Spain October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Sergio Perez/File Photo
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos on Wednesday said he was confident he would be offered the vice-presidency of the European Central Bank, with Ireland's central bank governor Philip Lane the only other candidate.
The final decision will not be taken for a number of weeks but senior euro zone sources told Reuters the Spanish economy minister was a clear favourite to replace Portugal's Vitor Constancio, whose eight-year term ends May 31.
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