FILE PHOTO: Christine Lagarde, the next president of the European Central Bank, speaks in Brussels, Belgium September 4, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
STRASBOURG (Reuters) - The European Parliament backed Christine Lagarde on Tuesday as the next president of the European Central Bank, paving the way for her to become the first woman to hold the post.
Lawmakers voted 394 in favour, 206 against and with 49 abstentions in the parliament's plenary in Strasbourg.
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