<p class="title">European Union member states will vote on Friday on who the bloc should put forward as a candidate to head the International Monetary Fund after they failed in talks to rally behind one single person, a French finance ministry official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Five names are in the mix, the official said on Thursday, although the vote was pushed back to Friday to allow Britain's new government time to nominate a candidate, should Britain wish to do so.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The ministers of the 28 member states agreed to proceed to a vote, over several rounds if necessary, to find a European candidate," said the French finance ministry official.</p>
<p class="title">European Union member states will vote on Friday on who the bloc should put forward as a candidate to head the International Monetary Fund after they failed in talks to rally behind one single person, a French finance ministry official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Five names are in the mix, the official said on Thursday, although the vote was pushed back to Friday to allow Britain's new government time to nominate a candidate, should Britain wish to do so.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The ministers of the 28 member states agreed to proceed to a vote, over several rounds if necessary, to find a European candidate," said the French finance ministry official.</p>