The race to succeed Dominique Strauss-Kahn at the helm of the International Monetary Fund has started in earnest. On Wednesday, Christine Lagarde, finance minister of France, declared her intention to become the IMF’s next managing director. European capitals have quickly fallen into lockstep behind her candidacy. But for all Ms Lagarde’s qualities, it would serve neither Europe nor the IMF if she won the position by a fait accompli as Europeans are hoping.
接替多米尼克?斯特勞斯-卡恩(Dominique Strauss-Kahn)出任國際貨幣基金組織(IMF)總裁的角逐已全面展開。周三，法國財長克里斯蒂娜?拉加德(Christine Lagarde)宣布自己有意成為IMF的下一任總裁。歐洲各國政府隨即紛紛宣布支持拉加德競選。但是，無論拉加德具備多么優異的質素，如果她像歐洲各國所希望的那樣，通過既成事實的方式贏得這一職位，那將不符合歐洲乃至IMF的利益。
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