NYT: Europe says: Sayonara Mr. Wolfowitz: Deal Is Offered for Chief’s Exit at World Bank - by Steven R.Weisman

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Europe says Sayonara Mr. Wolfowitz: Deal Is Offered for Chief’s Exit at World Bank - by Steven R.Weisman

Leading governments of Europe, mounting a new campaign to push Paul D. Wolfowitz from his job as World Bank president, signaled Monday that they were willing to let the United States choose the bank’s next chief, but only if Mr. Wolfowitz stepped down soon, European officials said.

“What I’m hearing from colleagues is, ‘Let’s not push the Americans too hard,’ ” said a senior European official involved in policy on the bank. “We want to avoid a split between the United States and its European allies. We’re willing to say: ‘O.K., you find a capable American to run this institution and we can live with that.’ ”