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French Minister for Economy Christine Lagarde leaves by car after a visit at a Monoprix French supermarket focused on luncheon vouchers for employees, in Paris, France, 19 May 2011. Lagarde is one of the favourite successors to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after the resignation of French Dominique Strauss-Kahn, four days after being arrested in New York on suspicion of sexually assaulting and attempting to rape a 32-year-old chamber maid in his luxury hotel suite. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has not pronounced himself in public on the subject. (KEYSTONE/EPA/YOAN VALAT)