Quote Originally Posted by thir View Post
The accusation meant taking him out of the race according to all political observers. That is a pretty damn serious result. It also meant him resigning from the IMF, which is even worse.

I think you can safely say that the conspiracy, if any, have worked like a charm.
According to the French papers he is now back in the race with a bullet, the Socialist Party are discussing delaying their nomination process so he can be named after the court case (assuming, which they are assuming, that he will be cleared.) His popularity in France has soared. And the IMF has not refused loans to Greece, which was supposed to be the purpose of removing him from that post.