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EU backs Wolfowitz as next World Bank chief

By Raphael Minder in Brussels

Published: March 30 2005 15:00 | Last updated: March 30 2005 19:09

Paul Wolfowitz, the controversial US nominee to run the World Bank, on Wednesday promised to keep the institution “truly multinational”.

Appearing before European Union governors of the World Bank, Mr Wolfowitz pledged to give the EU a regular say in the running of the world's leading development institution. But he fell short of endorsing a French proposal to have a European as his deputy.

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