Brussels/Zagreb — EU leaders are considering making International Monetary Fund (IMF) MD Christine Lagarde the next president of the European Central Bank (ECB), according to officials briefed on discussions at a summit in Brussels on Tuesday.

Lagarde is on the latest slate of candidates for the EU’s top jobs that leaders, law makers and parties have been wrangling over since Sunday...

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