January-February 2026

27 February 2026

External communication

Statement in support of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

On 13 January 2026 the ECB published a statement signed by central bankers around the world, including ECB President Christine Lagarde on behalf of the Governing Council, expressing their full solidarity with the Federal Reserve System and its Chair Jerome H. Powell and stressing the importance of central bank independence as a cornerstone of price, financial and economic stability.

Climate and nature plan after 2025

On 16 January 2026 the ECB published a press release explaining that it had further embedded climate and nature-related risks into its core work, by concluding its climate and nature plan 2024-2025. The ECB reiterated its firm commitment to ensuring resilience by integrating climate and nature into its work, and explained it would continue intensifying work in three priority areas: transition to a green economy; coping with the growing physical…