Who said France was dead? Yesterday they decided to try to turn around their dying coutry by electing a conservative, who has openly admitted he wants better relations with the U.S., over another European socialist.
Nicolas Sarkozy, a conservative, won 53-percent of the vote. That gave him a comfortable majority over his opponent, socialist Segolene Royal, and a strong mandate to pursue the economic reforms he has proposed. They include changes to France's generous unemployment benefit and to standard work contracts that protect worker security.
He'll have his work cut out for him. There's already protests flaring up across the country. But apparently the voters in France wanted change.
VOA: Nicolas Sarkozy's election victory
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