French parliamentary elections France woke up on Monday morning with Nicolas Sarkozy as its newly elected president, after voters gave the neo-Gaullist candidate a thumping mandate to pursue reform with 53 per cent of the ballot.
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As the realisation started to sink in that the country is poised for five years of ambitious economic and social reforms under one of its most energetic politicians, Mr Sarkozy’s supporters celebrated, while left-wingers grumpily conceded defeat.
