Z Dijsselbloemom, nekdanjim šefom evroskupine, nemško pravovernim izvajalcem stroge politike varčevanja v času hude krize povpraševanja in neolikanim krvnikom Grčije, si ne bom mazal rok. Spodaj objavljam nekaj odlomkov iz kolumne Wolfganga Münchaua v Financial Timesu o tem, zakaj ga finančni ministri EU nikakor ne bi smeli predlagati za novega direktorja IMF. Čakam pa seveda še na odziv Yanisa Varoufakisa, ki mu Dijsselbloem na enem izmed srečanj ni hotel podati roke.
Eight years ago, I argued that Ms Lagarde was best placed to handle the single biggest job the IMF faced this decade: to ensure that the eurozone had some professional support during its crisis years, and to prevent spillovers to the rest of the global economy.
It is one thing for the EU to insist on its own candidate when they have a good one, as they did in 2011. It is quite another when they do not. Last week European officials were considering a shortlist of candidates. Near the top was Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the former Dutch finance minister and head of the eurogroup of his eurozone counterparts. He and some of the other candidates on the list have a lot to answer for. They pushed austerity during the eurozone crisis. Mr Dijsselbloem once famously accused the crisis countries of spending their money on “booze and women”.
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