On air at 1100GMT: The fall of Dominique Strauss-Kahn?
| 09:53 UK time, Monday, 16 May 2011
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Two days ago Dominique Strauss-Kahn was the head of the International Monetary Fund and a potential challenger to Nicolas Sarkozy for the French presidency in 2012. Now he has agreed to a medical examination after being arrested and charged with attacking and attempting to rape a hotel maid.
Correspondents say he has been central to efforts to stabilise the finances of struggling eurozone member states and his detention is likely to complicate the process.
in the Guardian says his fall is a blow for France's Socialists - and a boost for for the far right,
"Although DSK, as he is known in France, denies the accusations, he's clearly now out of the IMF, out of the French presidential race and, most likely, out of politics altogether"
points out this isn't the first scandal Strauss-Kahn has faced
What does this now do for French politics, does it open the door to the far right?
For some people in France they see this as a
Other claim it is a . Michelle Sabban, a senior councillor for the greater Paris region and a Strauss-Kahn loyalist says
"I am convinced it is an international conspiracy. This is a new form of political assassination. They wanted to block the IMF. This is international finance."
Other loyalists claim it is to
We'll be discussing the issues at 1100GMT
