MEPs Challenge Wolfowitz appointment
March 21, 2005 11:00 AM
A cross-party campaign is being launched in the European Parliament to block the appointment of Paul Wolfowitz as President of the World Bank.
A written declaration has been tabled by senior MEPs Daniel Cohn-Bendit (Greens), Andrew Duff (Liberal), Alain Lamassoure (EPP) and Hannes Swoboda (Socialist) that invites the member states not to accept the American nomination.
Andrew Duff said: "We object both to the process of the nomination and to its substance. Wolfowitz is an unabashed right-winger whose policies are out of line with those of the European Union. He will behave like an American pro-consul and will never command the trust of the global development community.
"The EU has more voting weight in the World Bank than the US. It should use it."
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