Things are more difficult at the IMF… Paul Collowald and Jean-Guy Giraud have reacted approvingly to comments I made recently about the EU's approach to its presence at the United Nations (see issue 10185): Why not make a similar move at the International Monetary Fund? Paul Collowald, erstwhile spokesperson at the European Commission under various presidents, including Raymond Barre, points out that “for 40 years now, there has been nothing to prevent the European Community speaking...