Lagarde till domstolen: ”Jag agerade i god tro”
Christine Lagarde, chef för Internationella valutafonden, IMF, säger i domstol att hon agerade i god tro när hon godkände en statlig utbetalning på 404 miljoner euro till finansmannen Bernard Tapie när hon var Frankrikes finansminister. Under rättegångens sista dag på fredagen försvarade hon sitt beslut med att hon hade ”det allmänna bästa” för ögonen, skriver AFP.
– Jag tänkte inte ens på att det fanns en risk för brott, sa hon enligt nyhetsbyrån.
Dom meddelas på måndag och om hon döms kan straffet bli ett års fängelse och motsvarande 145 000 kronor i böter.
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Christine Lagarde
Wikipedia (en)
Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde (French: [kʁistin madlɛn ɔdɛt laɡaʁd]; née Lallouette, IPA: [laluɛt]; born 1 January 1956) is a French lawyer and politician who has been the Managing Director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since 5 July 2011.
Previously, she held various ministerial posts in the French government: she was Minister of Economic Affairs, Finance and Employment, Minister of Agriculture and Fishing and Minister of Trade in the government of Dominique de Villepin. Lagarde was the first woman to become finance minister of a G8 economy and is the first woman to head the IMF.
A noted anti-trust and labour lawyer, Lagarde was the first female chairwoman of the international law firm Baker & McKenzie between 1999 and 2004.
On 16 November 2009, the Financial Times ranked her the best Minister of Finance in the Eurozone.
On 28 June 2011, she was named as the next MD of the IMF for a five-year term, starting on 5 July 2011, replacing Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Her appointment is the 11th consecutive appointment of a European to head the IMF. In 2014, Lagarde was ranked the 5th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine. She was re-elected by consensus for a second five-year term, starting 5 July 2016, being the only candidate nominated for the post of managing director.
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