In Europe, this has actually been big news, as there are several interesting facets on this case.
You have to know, that the other big thing going on in Europe right now, is how to deal with the issue of Greece's severe debts, problematic economy, and them asking again for money, shortly after they've already 'received' over 100 billion euro's. Not only that, but Portugal, Ireland and Spain are also in trouble.
This is causing a lot of political turmoil, with some even going as far as proposing that Greece be kicked out of the euro-zone, instead of spending more money on them. Now Strauss-Kahn was a leading proponent of giving Greece a second bailout, and he was due for a meeting on this very topic last Sunday with German chancellor Angela Merkel, but instead was pulled out of the plane that would take him to that meeting.
No matter how DSK's case pans out, he's already gone from the IMF. Who knows what views on the Greece issue his successor will have? Or what the future of the euro-zone will look like? Will it include Greece defaulting on its debts, (forcedly) abandoning the euro and returning to the drachme, and if that happens and a precedent is set, Portugal, Ireland and/or Spain doing the same? Or if the weaker countries refuse to abandon the euro, maybe the stronger countries doing it instead (already 'threatened' by some politicians in The Netherlands and in Germany)...
And of course conspiracy theories have also been aired, that claim that DSK was framed, either because of this euro-crisis thing, or because he was also the next presidential candidate of the French socialist party and was much less 'America-friendly' than current president Sarkozy.
So all in all, I'd say it's as least as newsworthy as some of the other crap I've seen posted here:)
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You have to know, that the other big thing going on in Europe right now, is how to deal with the issue of Greece's severe debts, problematic economy, and them asking again for money, shortly after they've already 'received' over 100 billion euro's. Not only that, but Portugal, Ireland and Spain are also in trouble.
This is causing a lot of political turmoil, with some even going as far as proposing that Greece be kicked out of the euro-zone, instead of spending more money on them. Now Strauss-Kahn was a leading proponent of giving Greece a second bailout, and he was due for a meeting on this very topic last Sunday with German chancellor Angela Merkel, but instead was pulled out of the plane that would take him to that meeting. No matter how DSK's case pans out, he's already gone from the IMF. Who knows what views on the Greece issue his successor will have? Or what the future of the euro-zone will look like? Will it include Greece defaulting on its debts, (forcedly) abandoning the euro and returning to the drachme, and if that happens and a precedent is set, Portugal, Ireland and/or Spain doing the same? Or if the weaker countries refuse to abandon the euro, maybe the stronger countries doing it instead (already 'threatened' by some politicians in The Netherlands and in Germany)...
And of course conspiracy theories have also been aired, that claim that DSK was framed, either because of this euro-crisis thing, or because he was also the next presidential candidate of the French socialist party and was much less 'America-friendly' than current president Sarkozy.
So all in all, I'd say it's as least as newsworthy as some of the other crap I've seen posted here :)