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Date Posted: 06:42:21 05/08/07 Tue In reply to: Oropan 's message, "France turns right! Rejects socialism" on 15:17:21 05/07/07 Mon >PARIS, France (CNN) -- Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy >greeted news of his election Sunday to a five-year With with the proporational representation, the public intent of the roughly 50/50 vote will not be lost. >term as France's president with a vow to serve as a >leader for all people of France. > >"The president of the republic must love and respect >all the French," he told cheering supporters at his >campaign headquarters. "I will be the president of all >the French people." > >Sarkozy won with 53 percent of the vote in Sunday's >presidential runoff, according to preliminary results >issued by the French Interior Ministry. Socialist >Segolene Royal took 47 percent of the vote. > >"The French people have called for change. I will >carry out that change, because that's the mandate I >have received from the French people." > >Sarkozy added that he wanted to tell his "American >friends that they can rely on our friendship ... >France will always be next to them when they need us." > >But, he added, "Friends can think differently." > >He then called on the United States "not to impede" in >the fight against global warming. "On the contrary, >they must lead this fight because humanity's fate is >at stake here." (Watch Sarkozy's victory speech ) > >Violence was reported after the election outcome. >Youths clashed with police in Paris and Lyon on >Sunday, and security forces fired tear gas at 2,000 >protesters in the French capital. (Full story) > >'We have to overcome hatred' >U.S. President George W. Bush called Sarkozy to >congratulate him on his victory, a White House >spokesman said in a written statement. (Watch how the >White House responded ) > >Sarkozy said he would also work to form a link between >Europe and Africa. "We have to overcome hatred to give >way to the great dreams of peace and civilization," he >said. "It's time to build a great Mediterranean union." > >Sarkozy said he would put in place an immigration >policy "that is going to be controlled" and a >development policy "that is going to be ambitious." > >But he said that France would "stand next to" those >who are persecuted by tyrants, dictatorships." > >"We are going to write together a new page of our >history. This page, my dear fellow citizens, I am sure >it will be great." > >Royal, a 53-year-old mother of four, acknowledged her >defeat in a speech to supporters moments after the >polls closed at 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET). > >"Keep the faith, keep intact your enthusiasm," she >said at her party's headquarters. "I will keep on >fighting the fight that we have started today." (Watch >Royal's speech ) > >First French president born after WWII >Sarkozy, a former interior minister, and Royal were in >a runoff after emerging as the top candidates from the >first round of voting on April 22. > >Sarkozy will replace Jacques Chirac, a conservative >who has been France's president since 1995. His >election makes him the first French president born >after World War II. > >Voting was brisk. According to official figures, more >than 75 percent of registered voters had been to the >polls by 5 p.m. (11 a.m. ET). > >Sarkozy voted in the affluent Paris suburb of >Neuilly-sur-Seine where he lives, while Royal cast her >vote in the western Poitou Charentes region, where she >is regional president. > >The campaign had been dominated by a debate over how >to improve economic growth and reduce unemployment >among the young, but its most explosive moments >focused on immigration. > >Appealing to right-wing voters, Sarkozy said France >could not provide "a home for all the world's >miseries." > >On Friday, Royal said a Sarkozy presidency could >trigger violence and brutalities in suburbs with high >immigrant populations, prompting Sarkozy to condemn >her "threatening comments." > >There are no official figures on the number of North >African immigrants and their French-born descendants >in France. Unofficially, the number is estimated at >between 3 million and 6 million. > >Prior to the election results being made public, Sen. >Richard Lugar, an Indiana Republican, said a Sarkozy >victory would be favorable to the United States. > >"Clearly, his views are more in line with ours," Lugar >told CNN's "Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer." > >Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, concurred: >"I do. I do," he told CNN. "I mean, it would be nice >to have someone who is head of France who doesn't >almost have a knee-jerk reaction against the United >States." > > >href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/06/france >.election/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/eur >ope/05/06/france.election/index.html [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| Chirac n'était pas de conservateur et il a détesté les Etats-Unis. | Oropan | 13:00:28 05/08/07 Tue |