Greece continues to haunt Christine Lagarde's stellar career

Washington

CHRISTINE Lagarde has crossed the Atlantic to swap her job as a French minister for a place in the global economic elite at the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). But she has never been able to leave behind one extreme headache: Greece.

In Washington as in Paris, the meteoric career of the 59-year-old lawyer has repeatedly been waylaid by Athens and its financial troubles.

And the Greek crisis is coming to a head just as Ms Lagarde weighs whether to renew her position next year as managing director of the IMF.

Wh…