Conservative Sarkozy Wins Presidency of France

Reader reporter tips us to a story just up at the NYTimes reporting that the tough-talking conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has won election as the president of France. His opponent, Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal, the first woman to get as far as the runoff in a presidential contest in France, has conceded defeat. The vote went 53% to Sarkozy and the turnout was a remarkable (by American standards) 85% of registered voters. Sarkozy is seen as a divisive figure for his demand that immigrants learn Western values (and the French language).

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[Anonymous Coward]

Not everyone lives in the USA, you insensitive-- Oh! Nevermind...

Neufs pour les Nerdes!

[Black Parrot]

Thank all the gods, the Frentch elected a radical instead of a radical.

And now

[El Lobo]

2 hours later, he need to deal with the first big riot.

http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789 ,1062291,00.html(in swedish)

Re:French bashing?

[Anonymous Coward]

Because ever since WWII, France has been trying to maintain the illusion of grandeur that they are of equal stature in the world geopolitics as the US, and doing it by ribbing the US every chance it gets. Cheese-sucking surrender monkeys.

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[Miseph]

You say publicity seeking, I say dangerously xenophobic and painfully stupid. Potatoes, potahtoes.

Viva la Fromage!

[Organic Brain Damage]

He's a conservative, right?

As such, I expect he will protect the quality of the wine, cheese, and poulet de bresse. That's all I can really hope for from a politician.

Re:Tant mieux pour la France!

[Anonymous Coward]

Gee, you're quick! [wikipedia.org]

Re:Good for the economy, at least

[muadda]

But of course you can work as long as you want if you are not in a employer-employee relation. There is a limit though: 24 hour per day.

Conquest is fair and square.

[Anonymous Coward]

Conquest is fair and square.
Conquest ... used and accepted worldwide for over 6,000 years.

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[FlopEJoe]

Naw... it's metric in'it? Something like 30 centi-taxcuts is an American foot stem cell or something.

Was there ever any doubt?

[Anonymous Meoward]

I've heard Mme. Royal speak, and to be honest, I'm amazed she got as far as she did.

I'm no fan of Sarko or Bush, but come on people, was this really the best the opposition could do? The Socialists would have been better off kidnapping John Kerry.

He may be a stuffed shirt, but at least the guy knows how to comport himself in public, ferchrissakes. (Besides, I hear he speaks French.) Sego came across as a reactive banshee who would promise anything to get elected -- think of the evil spawn of Newt Gingrich and Hillary Clinton.

Ew. On second thought, don't. I need to take a shower after that one..

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[notamisfit]

Come on, they're complete and total opposites! One supports the welfare state of Marx, and the other supports the welfare state of Jesus.

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[Guppy06]

"European conservatives generally cut taxes and also government spending"

While here in the United States, they only cut taxes.