**"**I'm not a candidate for anything, but I'm very keen that Europe is protected, that Europe is the framework within which member states operate, including France," ECB president Christine Lagarde, who is a French national, told Euronews in an exclusive interview.
Lagarde said she is monitoring the campaign ahead of a vote due April 2027, hoping that "reason will always prevail and that France will appreciate, whoever is the leader of France that it is one key member of Europe."
