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March 21, 2005
Welcome Mr Wolfowitz, says Europe
European leaders have decided not to oppose the nomination of Paul Wolfowitz, the Neoconservative who had a leading role in preparing the war on Iraq, as the new chief of the World Bank. The lack of an opposition among European governments (that control 30% of the World Bank votes as shareholders and could undermine a US candidate if they wanted) seems one of the results of the new "honeymoon" between the second Bush administration and its Atlantic partners. Without further comment La Repubblica the liberal Italian newspaper which is often critical of the US policies, forecasts a smooth welcome to Mr Wolfowitz.
La Repubblica, March 22, 2005: "Green Light for Wolfowitz"
BRUXELLES - The nomination of Paul Wolfowitz as the new president of the World Bank will be discussed by the ministers of Finances in their meeting tonight in Brussels. There seem to be no obstacles to the designation of the Pentagon's Number Two, the ideologue of the war on Iraq, as the chief of the institution which has the mission to support the development of the poorest countries. Yesterday the German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder swept away any doubt on the European support to the US candidate. «We will be surprised by his work», Schroeder said. The president of the European Commission Josè Manuel Durao Barroso sounded a similar note: he invited European member States not to hold prejudices against Mr Wolfowitz.
Posted March 21, 2005 06:52 PM
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