Wednesday, March 30th, 2005

EU backs Wolfowitz as World Bank chief

The EU gave the nod today to the contentious appointment of Paul Wolfowitz, the US deputy defence secretary, to head the World Bank.

European commissioner Olli Rehn “was satisfied with everything he heard from Mr Wolfowitz concerning free trade and also on poverty reduction and development policy,” a spokeswoman told reporters. Guardian

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Posted at 9:37 ET on March 30th, 2005. Filed under "Bush administration| foreign policy"
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