The French press finds sex with children to be "sophisticated" Hot off the press....

In Europe, Polanski has many supporters, including some very high-up people in the French government, although President Nicolas Sarkozy has so far been silent on the issue.

The French press has been on about Americans having a more puritanical view of the world than the sophisticated French.

But that is clearly an elitist view. Polls in France indicate that the majority feel Polanski should return to Los Angeles to face the music.