France is split over whether Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the embattled former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), should return to politics, according to a poll published Sunday in the French daily Le Parisien.
The Harris Interactive poll, conducted shortly after he was released from house arrest in New York, where he has been charged with the sexual assault of a hotel maid, found that 49 per cent of French voters are in favour of his return, while 45 per cent are against. The remaining 6 per cent of those polled were undecided.
Support for Strauss-Kahn, who had been tipped as a frontrunner for the opposition Socialist Party in the 2012 presidential elections, rose to 60 per cent among left-wing voters.
Strauss-Kahn has said nothing about his future plans since being tainted by the scandal. He is next due to make a court appearance on July 18, five days after the deadline for candidates to declare themselves in the Socialist Party's primary. On Friday, a former leader of the Socialist Party, Francois Hollande, said "nothing should prevent Dominique Strauss-Kahn from running."
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