Biographies
Lagarde, Christine
3 November 2011Prime Minister of Greece, President of PASOK and President of the Socialist International, Georgios Papandreou informed members of his party on Monday, 31 October 2011, that he would call a referendum on the economic bailout plan.
On Tuesday, 1 November, he convened the Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA). Then, he suddenly dismissed the Chief of the National Defense General Staff (Air Force General Ioannis Giagos), the Chief of the Army General Staff (Lt. General (...)
Paris (France) | 29 June 2005Unknown to the French, lawyer Christine Lagarde became the Foreign Trade Minister of the government of Dominique de Villepin. Only a few years ago, she was defending the interests of US multinationals to the detriment of French companies. Her political positions perfectly match her status as a member of the CSIS, the think tank of the oil lobby in the United States.

