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DAVOS (Reuters) -European Central Bank rate hikes in July and September are essentially a done deal as fighting off high inflation must take priority, French central bank chief Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Monday. ECB President Christine Lagarde flagged the rate hikes earlier on Monday, making the case for lifting the minus 0.5% deposit rate out of negative territory by the end of September, before further rate increases later on. “If you look at President Lagarde’s statement this morning, the deal is probably done because there is a growing consensus,” Villeroy, who also sits on the EC…