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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9163

30 March 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecb/imf
Eurozone “needs bigger IMF role” says Lorenzo Bini-Smaghi

Brussels, 29/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - “If the International Monetary Fund is to become a credible forum for surveillance, it should start by recognising a stronger position for the eurozone,” said Lorenzo Bini-Smaghi, who is responsible for international affairs at the European Central Bank, in an interview in the Financial Times of 29 March. He also felt that eurozone countries agreeing to a single seat at the IMF was “a long-term goal” (see EUROPE 9154 for Benoît Hamon's report...

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