The starter’s gun is about to fire on the race to succeed Christine Lagarde as European Central Bank president in 2027, and two heavyweight countries who have never held the position look likely to make the running: Spain and Germany. Madrid has been conspicuously silent on nominating a replacement for its current representative on the board,  Luis de Guindos, who is preparing to leave the vice presidency  in June. That has fueled speculation in markets and policy circles that the eurozone’s