French split over former IMF boss
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July 4, 2011, Monday
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A NEW poll indicates that French people are divided over whether Dominique Strauss-Kahn should re-enter French politics after the sexual assault case against the former International Monetary Fund chief.
Forty-nine percent of those surveyed in the Harris Interactive poll for Le Parisien newspaper responded 'yes' to the question: "Without prejudging his innocence or guilt, do you want DSK to come back to the French political scene one day?"
Forty-five percent said 'no' and six percent didn't answer the question, according to the poll published yesterday in Le Parisien. The agency asked a demographically representative group of 1,000 people 18 years old and older to fill out the July 1-2 online survey.
Left-leaning voters were more favorable to a return to politics by Strauss-Kahn, the man who was once the Socialst party's main contender to face off against President Nicolas Sarkozy in next April's presidential election.
Sixty percent of left-leaning voters said they would want DSK back in French politics, according to the poll, and 38 percent said 'no.'
On the more pressing question of whether the Socialists should suspend the presidential primary calendar because of the new developments, respondents were also evenly split. Forty-nine percent of all French and 47 percent of left-leaning voters said 'no.'
Strauss-Kahn's next court date is July 18, while the Socialist party has set a July 13 deadline for candidates to declare whether they will run in the primary, scheduled for October 9 and October 16.
A close ally of Strauss-Kahn's said the former IMF chief "will be an important actor in the campaign if he wants to, whose voice will be listened to."
Pierre Moscovici, a Socialist party legislator, said yesterday it was "premature" to speculate on what role Strauss-Kahn could yet play in French politics.
Forty-nine percent of those surveyed in the Harris Interactive poll for Le Parisien newspaper responded 'yes' to the question: "Without prejudging his innocence or guilt, do you want DSK to come back to the French political scene one day?"
Forty-five percent said 'no' and six percent didn't answer the question, according to the poll published yesterday in Le Parisien. The agency asked a demographically representative group of 1,000 people 18 years old and older to fill out the July 1-2 online survey.
Left-leaning voters were more favorable to a return to politics by Strauss-Kahn, the man who was once the Socialst party's main contender to face off against President Nicolas Sarkozy in next April's presidential election.
Sixty percent of left-leaning voters said they would want DSK back in French politics, according to the poll, and 38 percent said 'no.'
On the more pressing question of whether the Socialists should suspend the presidential primary calendar because of the new developments, respondents were also evenly split. Forty-nine percent of all French and 47 percent of left-leaning voters said 'no.'
Strauss-Kahn's next court date is July 18, while the Socialist party has set a July 13 deadline for candidates to declare whether they will run in the primary, scheduled for October 9 and October 16.
A close ally of Strauss-Kahn's said the former IMF chief "will be an important actor in the campaign if he wants to, whose voice will be listened to."
Pierre Moscovici, a Socialist party legislator, said yesterday it was "premature" to speculate on what role Strauss-Kahn could yet play in French politics.
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