France Seen Pushing for Georgieva Amid IMF Shortlist Confusion
- Hopefuls are Calvino, Centeno, Dijsselbloem, Georgieva, Rehn
- EU ministers want a single European candidate for IMF top post
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France is seen supporting Kristalina Georgieva to be the next head of the International Monetary Fund as the EU seeks to agree on a single candidate ahead of the lender’s Sept. 6 deadline, according to several European officials familiar with the deliberations.
A first round of talks led by French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, who is coordinating the search on behalf of the European Union, tested the support for five candidates. These include Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calvino, Portuguese Finance Minister Mario Centeno, former Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, World Bank Chief Executive Georgieva and Bank of Finland Governor Olli Rehn.