Sarkozy Elected President of France
The vote is somewhere in the neighborhood of 53%-47%. Royal conceded defeat pretty early after the polls closed.
The conservative Sarkozy's victory may be good for relations with the US. Sarkozy even said this in his victory speech;
"I want to tell our American friends that they can rely on our friendship ... France will always be next to them when they need us."
Still thought he reminded the US that "friends can think differently" and then criticized the American view of global warming.
France's future should be pretty interesting with the conservative Sarkozy at the helm. His tough immigration stance may become the toughest in Europe. The EU will probably not get a constitution anytime soon, and Franco-American relations should improve.
Besides, a Conservative in France is like a Democrat in Louisiana...which is to say, in name only.
The conservative Sarkozy's victory may be good for relations with the US. Sarkozy even said this in his victory speech;
"I want to tell our American friends that they can rely on our friendship ... France will always be next to them when they need us."
Still thought he reminded the US that "friends can think differently" and then criticized the American view of global warming.
France's future should be pretty interesting with the conservative Sarkozy at the helm. His tough immigration stance may become the toughest in Europe. The EU will probably not get a constitution anytime soon, and Franco-American relations should improve.
Besides, a Conservative in France is like a Democrat in Louisiana...which is to say, in name only.
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