While no shortlist of names has yet been drawn up, informal discussions by the French, German, Italian and British Finance Ministers, alongside the G7, on the succession of Christine Lagarde of France to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF), have provided a process and a timetable.
The ministers have asked France - which currently holds the G7 Presidency - to lead talks with all EU countries in order to reach a consensus on a single candidate (see EUROPE B12298A28). "France will...