well this discuss this some are joined by peer he's a professor of political science from paris western university in the falls thank you very much indeed for being with us here on our tonight christine legarde only took over from dominique strauss kahn at the i.m.f. last month after he was charged with attempting to rape a new york hotel maid one does wonder if there's a witch hunt against french politicians underway at the moment. well i don't think it's likely you know when she said the drug this case was well known to standing and everyone knew that she could be prosecuted. to domestic affairs and in spite of this everyone. the french president you look at least uses in some ways the bulk of it so i don't think it's a witch hunt it's just. you know choosing a person who was under a shadow precisely because of x. so if this case has been going on for some time what about the timing now or the significance of it all being under the spotlight once again and obviously a very sensitive time for the i.m.f. and the european economy but actually the debate to this case was going on in problems before