Vive la France!
The French vote for economic sanity and a pro-American President. Who'd a thunk it?
PARIS (AP) - Nicolas Sarkozy, a blunt and uncompromising pro-American conservative, was elected president of France Sunday with a mandate to chart a new course for an economically sluggish nation struggling to incorporate immigrants and their children.
Sarkozy defeated Socialist Segolene Royal by 53-47 percent with 85 percent turnout, according to near-total results. It was a decisive victory for Sarkozy's vision of freer markets and toughness on crime and immigration, over Royal's gentler plan for preserving cherished welfare protections, including a 35-hour work week that Sarkozy called "absurd."
It will be interesting to see how this plays out. I'm sure a lot of Europeans are simply aghast at the notion! Don't worry, he's not all bad, he embraces the climate change issue. ;)
And why shouldn't he? France is largely powered by...nuclear power plants.
Now that is one thing America should emulate!
PARIS (AP) - Nicolas Sarkozy, a blunt and uncompromising pro-American conservative, was elected president of France Sunday with a mandate to chart a new course for an economically sluggish nation struggling to incorporate immigrants and their children.
Sarkozy defeated Socialist Segolene Royal by 53-47 percent with 85 percent turnout, according to near-total results. It was a decisive victory for Sarkozy's vision of freer markets and toughness on crime and immigration, over Royal's gentler plan for preserving cherished welfare protections, including a 35-hour work week that Sarkozy called "absurd."
It will be interesting to see how this plays out. I'm sure a lot of Europeans are simply aghast at the notion! Don't worry, he's not all bad, he embraces the climate change issue. ;)
And why shouldn't he? France is largely powered by...nuclear power plants.
Now that is one thing America should emulate!