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Sarkozy Wins

According to exit polls, Nicolas Sarkozy, the candidate of the right-wing, has been elected President of France by a margin of 53 or 54 to 46 or 47 for Segolene Royal, the socialist candidate. Royal is the first woman to make it this far in a French presidential elect. Her run was hobbled by some early gaffes from which she seemed unable to recover her footing. Sarkozy plans to pursue close ties with the U.S. and a hyper-neoliberal economic program (he has this in common with the mullahs).

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La France prepares to elect new president

From Paris Parfait:

French voters go to the polls Sunday in the first round of voting for a new president. Center-right candidate Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Segelene Royal are expected to make it through to the second round.

But the "third man," centrist candidate Francois Bayrou could throw a spanner into the works. If Sarkozy and Royal make it through the first round, Bayrou will be courted to throw his support - and that of his followers - behind one leading contender.
French media reports that a day before the election, approximately 16 million voters remain undecided. More than one million newly-registered voters are expected to cast their vote. The second round of voting is May 6. Read the rest.

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