IMF总裁被控性攻击 法国反应强烈

There is strong reaction in France over the sexual assault charges against International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Considered a leading French presidential contender, Strauss-Kahn was arrested by New York City police late Saturday.

国际货币基金组织总裁施特劳斯-卡恩面临性攻击的指控在法国引起强烈反应。施特劳斯-卡恩被认为是挑战法国总统大选的领先人选。施特劳斯-卡恩星期六晚间被纽约警方逮捕。

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest has dominated the discussion on Sunday talks shows in France. New York City police apprehended the 62-year-old IMF chief aboard an Air France plane Saturday in New York, just minutes before its departure for Paris.

施特劳斯-卡恩被逮捕的消息成为法国星期天谈话节目的主要内容。纽约警方星期六在一架法国航空公司的飞机上逮捕了62岁的国际货币基金组织总裁施特劳斯-卡恩。当时这架飞机再过几分钟就要飞往巴黎。

Strauss-Kahn, a popular French Socialist politician and former finance minister, faces charges in the United States of criminal sexual assault, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment. A maid at a New York hotel claims he sexually assaulted her in his suite.

施特劳斯-卡恩是很受欢迎的法国社会党政界人士，曾经担任法国财政部长。他在美国被指控犯有性攻击，强奸未遂，和非法拘禁。一名纽约旅馆的女服务员声称施特劳斯-卡恩在他的旅馆房间内对她进行性攻击。

If the charges prove true, they may likely end any prospects of him running against French President Nicolas Sarkozy next year. Strauss-Kahn has not yet declared if he will be a candidate for the 2012 polls, but he was considered a likely and strong contender.

如果这些指控被证实属实，这就可能使施特劳斯-卡恩明年挑战现任总统萨科齐的希望完全落空。施特劳斯-卡恩至今还没有宣布角逐2012年法国总统大选，但是他被认为很有可能出马竞选，并且是强劲的竞争者。

The deputy director of the IFOP polling institute, Jerome Fourquet, told French radio that if the charges proved true it would be extremely hard for Strauss-Kahn to rally back as a politician.

研究民调的法国舆论研究所副主任热罗姆.富尔凯对法国广播电台说，如果指控属实，这将使施特劳斯-卡恩极其难以重整旗鼓再度成为政界人物。

Top Socialist Party politicians have offered a low-key response to the allegations. Interviewed on Europe 1 radio, Segolene Royal, the Socialist contender against Sarkozy in the 2007 race, said the news came as a shock.

社会党的高层人士对施特劳斯-卡恩面临的指控低调回应。在2007年选举中挑战萨科齐的社会党候选人塞格莱纳.罗亚尔接受欧洲第一广播电台采访时说，这个新闻令人震惊。