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Kristalina Georgieva is European candidate to replace Christine Lagarde

Brussels, 21/08/2019 (Agence Europe)

At the beginning of August, European Finance Ministers appointed Bulgarian Kristalina Georgieva, the current Managing Director of the World Bank, as the candidate of the EU countries to succeed Christine Lagarde of France, on her way to the ECB, at the head of the IMF on 12 September (see EUROPE B12309A4).

Ms Georgieva was ultimately preferred over former Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem of the Netherlands, following a final vote to decide between them. “She has the skills,...