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• 25 May 2011

  

  Christine Lagarde to stand for IMF top job

  French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde announces her candidature to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as IMF managing director – but she faces opposition from the developing economies.

• 20 May 2011

  

  Christine Lagarde or Gordon Brown for the IMF top job?

  France’s Christine Lagarde is favourite, while a trailing Gordon Brown has failed to secure David Cameron’s backing. We look at the main candidates to succeed Dominique Strauss-Kahn at the IMF.

• 29 Oct 2012

  

  Greek editor in court for publishing ‘Lagarde list’

  A journalist who published the names of more than 2,000 wealthy Greeks with Swiss bank accounts has appeared in court charged with violating data privacy laws.

• 15 Dec 2011

  

  Lagarde warns of return to the great depression

  The head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, warns that immediate action needs to be taken to prevent a global depression not seen since the 1930s, as eight of the world’s biggest banks are downgraded.

• 4 Aug 2011

  

  New IMF chief Lagarde faces investigation

  French judges order an investigation into the role of new IMF head Christine Lagarde for approving a compensation payout to a friend of President Nicolas Sarkozy when she was French finance minister.

• 29 Jun 2011

  

  Greece tops Lagarde’s IMF agenda as vote looms

  Newly appointed IMF managing director Christine Lagarde calls for “national unity” in Greece to push through austerity measures, ahead of a parliamentary vote.

• 28 Jun 2011

  

  Lagarde appointed new head of IMF

  Chancellor George Osborne has called Christine Lagarde’s appointment to head the International Monetary Fund “good news for the global economy and for Britain”.

• 6 Jun 2014

  

  UK economy performing well but risks ahead – IMF

  The International Monetary Fund says it “clearly under-estimated” the strength of Britain’s economic recovery, as Christine Lagarde plays down speculation about her leading the European Commission.

• 3 Jun 2014

  Gary Gibbon

  Is Merkel still plotting against Juncker?

  Angela Merkel may want France to propose Christine Lagarde as the new European Commission boss. But neither she nor Luxembourg’s Jean-Claude Juncker are safe bets for the job.

• 26 Jul 2012

  

  Pre-Games business summit is ‘Davos on Thames’

  Heads of state from around the world are meeting in London with business leaders including IMF head Christine Lagarde and Google’s Eric Schmidt on the eve of Friday’s Olympics opening ceremony.

• 9 Sep 2011

  Faisal Islam

  Guarded message from the IMF madame

  Christine Lagarde is quite some diplomat. So Madame Lagarde has not quite been saying what Ed Balls has been saying she has been saying. But nor is she giving the ringing endorsement received from this organisation as recently as June.

• 23 Sep 2010

  France takes to the streets to strike

  As French workers protest at their government’s plans to raise the retirement age, International Editor Lindsey Hilsum meets Finance Minister Christine Lagarde to ask what austerity measures are around the corner.

• 23 Apr 2020

  

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  Pandemic puts EU unity under strain

  The head of the European Central Bank has warned that the Eurozone’s economic output could shrink by up to 15% this year. Christine Lagarde also told a virtual summit of all 27 EU leaders that a European recovery fund is needed quickly. But so far those leaders cannot agree how to raise a €1 trillion…

• 2 Jul 2019

  

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  Brexit Party MEPs turn backs on EU anthem at European Parliament opening

  EU leaders have begun proposing their new leadership team, nominating Germany’s Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen as the new President of the European Commission.

• 17 Sep 2018

  

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  IMF says no-deal Brexit will damage UK economy

  Leaving the European Union without a Brexit deal could have “dire consequences” for the British economy, the International Monetary Fund has warned.