Christine Lagarde
Christine Lagarde
Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde is a French lawyer and politician who has been the Managing Directorof the International Monetary Fundsince 5 July 2011...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 January 1956
CountryFrance
country people economy
We cannot just look at a country by looking at charts, graphs, and modelling the economy. Behind the numbers there are people.
country
Countries like Canada, Korea, China, Germany can and should use fiscal space. Some of them are doing it, not all.
country people risk
Regulation is necessary, particularly in a sector, like the banking sector, which exposes countries and people to a risk.
country difficulty various
The difficulty that negotiators have is often based on the cultural difference that various countries have.
country decision skins
I look under the skin of countries' economies, and I help them make better decisions and be stronger, to prosper and create employment.
country brother fall
Our fortunes rise together, and they fall together. 'All men are brothers,' said the Analects. We have a collective responsibility-to bring about a more stable and more prosperous world, a world in which every person in every country can reach their full potential.
proud somebody
I'm proud that somebody like myself has made it to the very top.
ability achieved agreement four given last reach skeptical
I'm very skeptical as to the ability to reach a comprehensive agreement given how little has been achieved in the last four months.
certainly china countries emerging europe instance large propose
We certainly feel in Europe that we have made very large concessions. The emerging countries, particularly the large emerging countries -- China for instance -- are going to have to propose concessions.
line red remind
We need to remind the commissioner of the red line of his mandate,
cannot commission france proposals support therefore
As things stand, France therefore cannot support the commission in the agriculture proposals it has made,
attentive brought elbow grew minority period sentiment suffered time
Very often as a little girl, then as a young woman, I have suffered my lot of discrimination. I was brought up with brothers; I grew up in a boys' world. You have to elbow your way in. When you come with that sentiment of having been in a minority for a long period of time, then you are much more attentive to minorities.
consensus major progress
There will not be consensus and there will not be major progress (in Hong Kong),
accord caused chinese europeans financial french pragmatic shows solve
This accord shows the Europeans and the Chinese authorities know how to be pragmatic to solve the blockages which would have caused financial difficulties for French firms this year,