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Greece continues to haunt Christine Lagarde's stellar career

Published Sun, Jun 28, 2015 · 09:50 PM

    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.

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