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Dominique Strauss-Khan Articles

Not quite right

Following such a turbulent week in British politics, it is easy to forget that Europe’s most significant election this year is ongoing. The French political scene has been hit by its own dose of scandal this weekend as the Sarkozy and Hollande battle nears its end, at...

Heads over hearts

The French Socialists’ choice of the centrist François Hollande shows a new seriousness about winning next year’s presidential election, say Michael McTernan and Antoine Colombani Since 1988, when François Mitterrand was re-elected, the Parti Socialiste has failed in...

Out of the race?

It's official: DSK is out of the race for the French presidency. On Sunday, the authority overseeing the Socialist party's primaries put an end to weeks of speculation, stating that the rules would not be waived in order to allow Strauss-Kahn to declare his...

The French Socialists post-DSK

France is reeling from a political shockwave after Saturday’s news of Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s arrest in New York for attempted rape and brutal sexual assault. Indeed, despite his adversaries across the French political spectrum, DSK’s directorship of the International Monetary Fund was nonetheless a source of national pride.