Sarkozy considering Strauss-Kahn to head IMF: sources
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy may back a candidacy of former Socialist minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn to head the International Monetary Fund, sources close to the presidency said on Friday.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called here on Monday for more transparency on international finance markets.
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Sarkozy said Sunday he planned to propose that the bloc's new members with lower than average tax rates be barred from receiving structural aid funds, arguing that if they were rich enough to lower taxes they ...
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Russia&#39;s executive director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that former French finance minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn lacks the skills needed to be the next IMF managing director, the Financial Times reported Saturday.
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Sarkozy said Sunday he planned to propose to his EU colleagues that the bloc's new members with lower than average tax rates be barred from receiving structural aid funds, arguing that if they were rich enough ...
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PARIS -- France's energetic and outspoken finance minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, took over the leadership of the country's ruling party yesterday, giving him a vehicle and platform to launch a presidential campaign in 2007 and setting up what is likely to be two years of intense political combat with the incumbent president, Jacques Chirac. Chirac, who turns 72 today, has hinted ...
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The U.S. will back the nomination of Dominique Strauss-Kahn to become managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said he wants Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a former finance minister and member of the opposition Socialist Party, to be the next head of the International Monetary Fund.
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In April, France's new finance minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, met with US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of State Colin Powell in Washington.
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France has formally proposed former European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy as a candidate to become the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Lamy said Monday.
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BRUSSELS, Jul 10 (IPS) - The European Union's finance ministers have  decided that Frenchman Dominique Strauss-Kahn should head the  International Monetary Fund (IMF), despite calls for the post to  be opened up to candidates from poor countries.
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has told President Jacques Chirac that he will stand for the leadership of the main governing party, officials say.
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European Union finance ministers  backed former French Socialist finance minister Dominique  Strauss-Khan on Tuesday as their candidate to run the  International Monetary Fund.
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Nicolas Sarkozy will push for a European tax on "speculative movements" by financial groups, such as hedge funds, if he wins this year's French presidential elections.Comment
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France is ready to rejoin NATO&#39;s  military command structure provided European defense  integration moves forward and the U.S.-led alliance reserves  top positions for the French, President Nicolas Sarkozy was  quoted on Monday as saying.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is touting British Prime Minister Tony Blair for a job as the first full-time European Union president, the Financial Times newspaper said Saturday.
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DAVOS, Jan 27 (IPS) - International Monetary Fund managing director  Dominique Strauss-Kahn has proposed a global fiscal stimulus to  prevent economic contagion from the worsening housing and credit  market crisis in the United States.