Ian Bunn | Political & Popular Culture Arts

His victory is unquestionable (November 1st)

François Gérard Georges Hollande the 57 year old French politician has won the Socialist Party’s presidential primary, entitling him to challenge Nicolas Sarkozy as the Party’s nominee in the 2012 presidential elections. Hollande considered a moderate won nearly 57% of the vote beating his rival Martine Aubry, who is largely credited with the introduction of the 35 hour working week. Hollande is the former partner of Ségolène Royal with who he has four children. Royal was defeated by Sarkozy in the 2007 French presidential election, and within a month of the defeat the couple separated over a relationship between Hollande and a journalist. Dominique Strauss-Kahn until his imprisonment in the US on rape charges alleged by a New York hotel maid, had been the front runner for the Socialist Party nomination.

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Yasmina Reza the 51 year old Tony Award winning French playwright renowned for her gifted plays that included “Life X 3″, “Art” and “God of Carnage” has been interviewed by Elaine Sciolino of the New York Times, who describes the encounter as probing as she attempted to break through the steely barrier to the underlying fragility that Reza wavers between, presenting “a determination to be judged by her work alone and a desire that it be understood and appreciated.” Reza is also an accomplished novelist with her works “Desolation”, “Adam Haberberg” and “Hammerklavier”; her 2007 book “Dawn Evening or Night” was an up close observers perspective of Nicolas Sarkozy’s run for the French presidency. Although having attained international fame, Reza still has the goal to have a play performed at the Comédie-Française”.

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, known as DSK, the 62 year old French economist, politician and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), following his arrest in New York on allegations of sexual assault, has now been indicted by a grand jury to face charges relating to the allegations. Strauss-Kahn was believed to be on the verge of announcing his intention to stand for election to the French Presidency as the Socialist Party candidate, against the incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy.  The majority of French believe the allegations are a smear campaign to stifle his candidacy, however a 32 year old maid at his hotel suite claims Strauss-Kahn emerged naked from the bathroom to chase her about the spacious suite and began sexually assaulting her, including forcing her to perform oral sex.

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