France, Poland put IMF names in hat

France has revealed that it wants to reclaim the leadership of the International Monetary Fund and Poland said it could field a rival candidate as calls intensified for the abolition of Europe's monopoly of the job.

President Nicolas Sarkozy planned to use a Sunday newspaper interview to propose Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a Socialist former finance minister with solid political and economic credentials. Poland said it would be prepared to back former central bank governor Leszek Balcerowicz as a candidate.

Source:nzherald.co.nz