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
thinking diversity growth
I think there are multiple studies now to demonstrate that diversity, a better balance between genders, but also between different fields as well, is actually conducive to better growth, better bottom line, better results.
diversity trade
Of course, trade agreements can be beneficial, but of course they need to avoid infringing on certain areas and respect diversity.
thinking diversity long
If you have an overwhelming majority of one sex over the other, and clearly in our case at the moment - and it has been like this for a long time - it is male over female, you tend to have group thinking. You tend to have common references, combined with competition, combined in this case with testosterone. I'm not suggesting it's a toxic mix, but I'm saying it needs to be tempered and altered and modified and made better by diversity.
strong diversity
Diversity in and of itself is a strong positive.
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,
apply orthodox reasonable thousands
If we have tens of thousands of pullovers piled up at our frontiers, it's not very reasonable to apply it in a completely orthodox way,
brought entire family father lived model passed role single whether witness woman women
I have lived with extraordinary women, whether it was my grandmother, my mother. My father passed away when I was 16... I was witness to a woman who single handedly brought up the entire family and managed to do everything... She was an extraordinary role model for me.