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Date Posted: 13:00:28 05/08/07 Tue In reply to: Stephen 's message, "Chirac est un French conservative alors c'est pareil" on 06:42:21 05/08/07 Tue >>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/franc >e >>.election/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/eu >r >>ope/05/06/france.election/index.html [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |