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PARIS — France’s finance minister, Christine Lagarde, emerged Friday as Europe’s likely choice to lead the International Monetary Fund.
The IMF is under pressure to quickly find a successor to Dominique Strauss- Kahn, who quit this week to face charges in New York that he tried to rape a hotel maid. The organization provides billions in loans to stabilize the world economy.
The 24-member executive board, which will pick Strauss-Kahn’s successor, held a preliminary discussion Friday at the IMF’s headquarters in Washington.
