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Klaus Regling

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Function/Position
Managing Director

Klaus Regling was the first Managing Director of the European Stability Mechanism and CEO of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) until his term of office ended on 7 October 2022.

Klaus Regling worked for over 40 years as an economist in senior positions in the public and the private sector in Europe, Asia, and the U.S., including a decade with the IMF in Washington and Jakarta and a decade with the German Ministry of Finance where he prepared Economic and Monetary Union in Europe. From 2001 to 2008, he was Director General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission.

During 2008-09, he spent a year at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore where he researched financial and monetary integration in Asia. Subsequently, he opened an economic and financial consultancy in Brussels.

Previously, Mr. Regling had gained experience in the private sector as Managing Director of the Moore Capital Strategy Group in London (1999-2001) and as an economist with the German Bankers’ Association. Mr. Regling studied economics at the Universities of Hamburg and Regensburg.

My blog entries

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Funding and Investment

The time for solidarity in Europe is now – a concerted European financial response to the corona crisis

Klaus Regling argues that European solidarity should take shape by using existing institutions and existing instruments.
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Column

Regling’s take: Why we need to boost the euro’s international role

Calls for a stronger international role for the euro have increased markedly in the last few years. This is partly in response to the current US Administration’s withdrawal from multilateralism.

My speeches

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Klaus Regling receives the Lord Byron International Prize in Athens, Greece
Speeches

Klaus Regling's speech at Lord Byron International Prize Award Ceremony

Klaus Regling, ESM Managing Director

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Speeches

Europe’s growing resilience to crises - presentation by Klaus Regling

Lecture by ESM Managing Director Klaus Regling 

"Europe’s growing resilience to crises

My interviews

Klaus Regling Klaus Regling in interview with Luxemburger Wort
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Klaus Regling Klaus Regling Luxemburger Wort interview (German version)
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Klaus Regling Klaus Regling Die Zeit interview (German version)
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My articles

Klaus Regling ESM Discussion Paper 17: "EU fiscal rules: reform considerations", Impulse für Wachstum und Stabilität in Europa - Artikel von Klaus Regling
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Klaus Regling ESM Discussion Paper 17: "EU fiscal rules: reform considerations", Impulse für Wachstum und Stabilität in Europa - Artikel von Klaus Regling
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