French elections may just turn interesting

Okay, so Dominique Strauss-Kahn is probably not going to be running for French president at this stage, since he now has an internationally reported sexual crime charge on his hands. That means that Sarkozy and Le Pen just lost a probable competitor. I think Le Pen is probably cheering at this stage, while Sarkozy may be a bit more muted.

What will happen to Europe if Le Pen takes over France? She is seemingly not as completely insane as her father, but there are still heavy elements of rabid nationalism and other things that have a history of turning Europe into a nasty place.

Interestingly enough, this kind of thing would not mean anything for Berlusconis re-election chances, since he is pretty well versed in sexually deviant behaviour already ...