"Got a link? AFAIK, he's to the left of Sarkozy."
His party is. That doesn't mean he is. According to the Wikipedia, he is a member of the far right branch of his party.
en.wikipedia.org
Which isn't saying a whole lot in general.
But, he is the head of the IMF. The IMF has consistently pushed for weakening worker's rights.
guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk
Now the writers of these articles are much more socialistic than DSK seems to be.
But, just google IMF and worker's rights. One the one hand, they do provide lip service in support of worker's rights. On the other, they consistently go against them.
And he has been the architect of privatization in France.
As France’s finance minister in the Socialist government of Lionel Jospin during the 1990s, Strauss-Kahn was obviously at odds with his party’s own ideologues. He managed to get the government to embrace the euro, he pushed through massive privatizations of state industries, he cut taxes, and he allowed stock options. Indeed, such was his record that even The Economist bid him a “sad adieu” when he resigned. But his subsequent career sank into a mire of public confusion about his policies and motives.
newsweek.com
Not that I think he was wrong, but it was hardly the work of a rabid socialist.
And then there is his taste for expensive clothes, $3000 a night rooms, flying first class, nice cars and jewelry...
Not that is necessarily unique amongst socialist with power. But you do have to questions their ideology. |
