EU governments pick Bulgaria's Georgieva as European candidate to lead IMF

Reuters

Published Aug 02, 2019 04:01PM ET

EU governments pick Bulgaria's Georgieva as European candidate to lead IMF

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments chose Bulgaria's Kristalina Georgieva as their candidate to lead the International Monetary Fund, after more than 12 hours of talks and votes amid divisions within the 28-nation bloc.