FRANKFURT (MNI) – Germany supports French Finance Minister
Christine Lagarde to take over the helm of the International Monetary
Fund following the resignation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, German
business daily Handelsblatt reported Thursday, citing unnamed German
government sources.
The paper said that Germany and the U.S. would like Lagarde to
succeed Strauss-Kahn, accused of a sexual assault on a hotel
chambermaid, provided that the finance minister is not indicted in an
ongoing French legal affair.
–Frankfurt bureau tel.: +49-69-720142. Email: dbarwick@marketnews.com
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