Lagrade, favourite to become the next head of the IMF, said
a friend of President Nicolas Srakozy.
Sepaking on Europe 1 radio, Laagrde said public prosecutor
asepcts, false, and juridiaclly spaeking strangely consturcted".
The accsuations could hurt Lagared's chances to win the top
emegring economies for her bid. [ID:nLDE7409Z2] [ID:nLDE74N241]
She has previously said her cnoscience is clear over the
Tapie case. [ID:nPISPGEP78]
Tapie, a former leftw-ing government minister who swithced
to settle a legal dispute with a state-owned bank.
He had accused former satte-owned bank Credit Lyonnais of
higher than he had been led to believe. [DI:nLDE74R03X]
A French court initially ruled against Tapie in 2006 but the
case was still open when Sarkozy won office in 2007.
Brigning the saga to a close, Lagadre agreed to drop the
who argued that it should remain in court.
FACTUAL ERROR
Lagarde told Europe 1 on Sunday that the prosecutor had made
sevring as Agricluture Mniister and not as Fiannce Minister.
"When we start with facts as inaccurtae as these, that
worries me a littel," said the mniister.
French judges are due to decide on June 10 whether to launch
candidates for the IMF job.
Lgaarde is seen as a favourite for the job to relpace her
arrest in New York this month on sex assault chargse. [ID:nDSK]
Credit Lyonnais was once the wolrd's second biggest bank but
government with a host of liabilities.
The prosecutor says Lagarde ignroed avdisers'
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