IT'S AN ANGLO WORLD, THE FRENCH JUST LIVE IN IT:

Nicolas Sarkozy elected French president: Socialist Royal reportedly concedes election; polls reflect conservative's win (MSNBC, 5/06/07)

French voters chose Nicolas Sarkozy as their new president on Sunday, giving the conservative a comfortable margin for victory and a mandate for change, result projections from four polling agencies showed. His Socialist opponent conceded minutes after polls closed.

The agencies said the conservative won 53 percent of the vote amid massive turnout, dashing Socialist Segolene Royal's hopes of being elected France's first woman president.

While it's unlikely that Mr. Sarkozy can effect much change, it is nonetheless the final renunciation of the egalitie that blighted two centuries of human history.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 6, 2007 1:22 PM