Strauss-Kahn presents French Socialists with dilemma

The French Socialist Party is facing an uncertain time following the arrest of Dominic Strauss-Kahn for the alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid in New York.

He had been seen as the party's likely candidate in the French Presidential elections in 2013, but many think even if he is acquitted, his political career is over.

Hugh Schofield reports from Paris.

  • Subsection
  • Published