Poor Dominique Strauss-Kahn! He lost his job as head of the International Monetary Fund and his chance to be President of France all because a New York chambermaid made a false accusation of rape. Now that he has been released he can pick up the pieces of his political career again.
This about sums up the views of many members of the oh-so-sophisticated French political class, particularly in the Socialist Party, to which the enormously wealthy Mr Strauss-Kahn (or ‘DSK’, as he is affectionately known) belongs. They talk of him as a victim who has just emerged from a nightmare not of his own creation.
His close friend Martine Aubry, a leading Socialist candidate for the Presidency, describes his release as ‘great news’, and says he remains ‘useful to France’.
Her main rival, Francois Hollande, says he is ‘delighted’. The release, he added, came ‘after three months of an unbearable ordeal’. This ordeal, by the way, was mostly spent in a £35,000-a-month New York townhouse, to which fancy restaurants delivered expensive delicacies to sustain poor DSK in his agony. More...
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This about sums up the views of many members of the oh-so-sophisticated French political class, particularly in the Socialist Party, to which the enormously wealthy Mr Strauss-Kahn (or ‘DSK’, as he is affectionately known) belongs. They talk of him as a victim who has just emerged from a nightmare not of his own creation.
His close friend Martine Aubry, a leading Socialist candidate for the Presidency, describes his release as ‘great news’, and says he remains ‘useful to France’.
Her main rival, Francois Hollande, says he is ‘delighted’. The release, he added, came ‘after three months of an unbearable ordeal’. This ordeal, by the way, was mostly spent in a £35,000-a-month New York townhouse, to which fancy restaurants delivered expensive delicacies to sustain poor DSK in his agony. More...
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