Sarkozy Wins French Presidency
Nicolas Sarkozy, the combative son of a Hungarian immigrant, was elected president of France on Sunday, promising a new generation of leadership to transform the country, restore its self-respect and reinvigorate ties with the United States and Europe.Sarkozy, a member of the ruling party and France’s former top law enforcement officer, defeated Socialist Segolene Royal, who waged a determined battle to become France’s first elected female head of state, by a 53 percent to 47 percent vote, according to final results. Voter turnout was a near-record 84 percent.
I hope that Sarkozy will be good for France. That nation needs to do economic reform I think, and Sarkozy might be able to lead that, revitalizing France and hopefully allowing greater mobility for the French immigrant underclass. Their are worries though that Sarkozy is to authoritarian and will go to far, I certainly hope that doesn’t happen.
Dave: Sarkozy seems to be very pro-Israel. Of course, there’s a wide divide between talk and action and hopefully he’ll not divert to authoritarian tactics although on second thought why not!?
France is facing an onslaught of immigrants from the Middle East and my gut feeling is the only way to stop this is with hard-fisted action.