Operas at the Arena, day-trips on beautiful Lake Garda and romantic walks under Juliet’s balcony. These could be the new pastimes for IMF staff and officers in a few years, if the mayor of Verona succeeds in getting the organization’s HQ moved there from Washington.
Mayor Michela Sironi presented Verona’s candidacy to the Italian government last October.
But there are three legal battles to be fought. The first will be in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. “The IMF Articles of Agreement state that the headquarters must be located where the largest shareholder is,” says Sironi.
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