hether the current IMF head, France's Dominique Strauss-Kahn, will be ordered to stand trial on charges of sexually assaulting a hotel maid. Strauss-Kahn claims he is innocent.
Even if this is the case, a number of observers believe his career at the IMF is over - and that the allegations, true or false, have also likely dashed any hopes for a French presiden39182
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tial run next year.
Speaking from Brussels, where she was attending a European Union ministerial meeting, Austria's finance minister, Maria Fekter, suggested Strauss-Kahn should step down to avoid further damaging the IMF.
Spanish Finance Minister Elena Salgado says it is up to Strauss-Kahn to make that decision. But Salgado said the sexual assault charges Strauss-Kahn has been accused of are very serious. While justice must take its course, she said, her solidarity is with the woman who suffered the assault - if those charges proved true.
Financial analysts are now speculating on
- May 18 Wed 2011 04:15
Even if this is the case, a number of observers believe his career at the IMF is over
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