IMF's Lagarde: 'I am not candidate' for European chie IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said Friday she was "not a candidate" to become head of the European Commission. Lagarde is strongly supported by Britain as a possible alternative to Luxembourg's Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the executive body of the EU. Speaking to present results of the IMF's regular inspection of the UK economy, Lagarde also disputed Chancellor George Osborne's verdict that it was 'firing on all cylinders', and paid tribute to British participation in the D-Day landings. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES.