Will a Frenchman run the IMF ?

Joëlle Meskens portrays Dominique Strauss-Kahn, as an ever-influential actor in French politics. "Ten years ago, he was the rising star of the left. As Minister of the Economy under Lionel Jospin [1997-1999], he seduced Europeans and the business community at the same time with policies that had pretensions of being modern. At the risk of irritating his more orthodox friends, he opened up state companies, previously untouchable, to big business: France Telecom or Air France. ... Is DSK tempted by Washington? For a time, he let the mystery go unsolved, but Nicolas Sarkozy responded for him. ... It's with his agreement, surely, that Sarkozy pushed his candidature for the IMF. ... [Strauss-Kahn's] Socialist Party appears to be putting things in perspective. ... With Strauss-Kahn already seeing himself on the other side of the Atlantic, there are many other ambitious rivals ready to take his place."

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