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The IMF 国际货币基金组织 Time for a change 变革时机 Why a euro-zone finance minister, even a talentedone, should not lead the IMF 为什么欧元区财政部长，即使才能卓越，也不应该担任IMF总裁 OFFICIALLY the search for a new head of the IMF, toreplace Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who awaits trialon charges of sexual assault, has barely begun. The funds member governments have untilJune 10th to propose candidates, after which a shortlist will be drawn up. But in practice therace seems all but over. That is because European countries, which hold over a third of thevotes on the IMFs board, have rallied around a single contender: Frances finance minister,Christine Lagarde. 为取代因性侵犯指控而等待审判的多米尼克??斯特劳斯??卡恩，官方物色卡恩继任者的程序已然启动。基金组织成员国必须在6月10日前提交其候选人，最终形成一份总候选人名单。但实际上，这场竞争似乎已经结束。由于在IMF董事会有三分之一投票权的欧洲国家已经联合起来支持他们的单一候选人：法国财长，克里斯蒂娜拉加德。 In contrast, emerging economies, which have long argued that the fund should have a non-European boss, have so far conspicuously failed to fix on an alternative candidate. TheAmericans, kingmakers in this contest, have said little in public but in private seem happy withMs Lagarde, not least because they hope to keep both the deputys job at the fund and thepresidency of the World Bank. Barring embarrassments, one French politician is likely tosucceed another. | 
