Tuesday, July 10, 2007

EU Struggling to Find Candidate for Top IMF Post; Poland Nominates Belka

(Bloomberg) -- European finance ministers struggled
to find a candidate for the top post at the International
Monetary Fund, as Poland nominated a former prime minister and
Britain called for an ``open'' selection process.

Poland today put forward Marek Belka, 55, prime minister in
2004 and 2005. Belka became the second declared candidate after
former French Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who
picked up Luxembourg's and Belgium's backing yesterday.


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