Central bank independence is being challenged in parts of the world and greater political influence could undermined banks' ability to keep inflation down, risking economic volatility, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Monday.

The European Central Bank is “not overly concerned” by the impact of inflation abroad on the bloc, the institution’s President Christine Lagarde told CNBC.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned that Europe needed to keep its "huge amount" of talent at home and raised the alarm for its leaders to act.

At the World Economic Forum, President Trump's return to the White House overshadowed traditional talk on climate change, trade and development.

Christine Lagarde said Europe needed to get better at keeping its talent and savings at home, adding that the new US administration’s decision to freeze some funding for former president Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act might remove one of the incentives to invest in the US.

The World Economic Forum’s annual gathering of elites in Davos has ended with many business leaders, world-class academics, top government officials and other elites casting an upbeat tone about economic prospects,

World leaders and business titans at the World Economic Forum called out widespread pessimism, siloed markets, regulation, and cultural weakness in Europe.

The head of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, was speaking at a panel in Davos alongside ECB President, Christine Lagarde. View on euronews

European lawmakers weighed in on what a second Trump presidency means for trade, alliances and climate change.

Eurozone rate-setters are set to cut borrowing costs again this week, confident their efforts to lower inflation will remain on track despite the threat from US President Donald Trump's protectionist agenda.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has been named as the latest recipient of the Sutherland Leadership Award.

Europe’s generous welfare states are coming under increasing strain as weak economic growth collides with rising demands on government budgets, particularly from aging populations.