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French Runoff

No, “French Runoff” does not describe military strategies of France. Well actually it does but this post is about an election, not a war. The field has been narrowed down to two and France is headed for a runoff election between the conservative candidate and the socialist candidate. Sarkozy will probably win but I wish Royal would win. Why? She would continue to lead France down the self-destructive road of socialism and before long France would cease to matter at all on the world stage. Then we could kick the Frogs off the UN Security Council and the EU could ignore French attempts at leadership. The Downfall Of Gaul, so to speak.

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PARIS (INTERNATIONAL HERALD-TRIBUNE) - Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal triumphed in the first round of the presidential elections Sunday, giving French voters a clear choice for the May 6 runoff: The next president will either be a center-right Atlanticist who wants them to work more and pay fewer taxes or a woman with a leftist economic program and a declared ambition to modernize her Socialist Party.

It was an affirmation of France’s traditional left-right divide over new and fringe rivals. Sarkozy, the tough-talking former interior minister whose presence in the runoff was widely predicted, won 30.49 percent of the vote Sunday, according to preliminary results from the interior ministry. Uncertain until the very end of whether she would make it, Royal ended up with a strong showing, getting 25.03 percent and moving one step closer to becoming first French female head of state.

Sarkozy told a cheering crowd of supporters in central Paris that the result was a “victory for our democracy.” “By placing me into first place and Madame Royal in second position they have clearly marked their wish for a debate between two ideas of the nation, two visions for society, two value systems and two conceptions of politics,” Sarkozy said.

François Bayrou, a centrist who briefly looked like he might actually overtake one of the main party contenders, fell short in the end. But his block of 18.35 percent of voters could hold the key to the outcome of the May 6 second round - and is certain to be courted.

Royal needs Bayrou’s votes more than Sarkozy’s. The combined far-left vote, along with the Greens, amounts to 11 percent, bringing Royal’s voter base to about 37 percent. Sarkozy has 14 percent to draw on from the far-right, giving him a total reserve of about 45 percent.

In a field of nine other candidates, the far-rightist Jean-Marie Le Pen took 11.20 percent of the vote. Le Pen, who said he would not run for president again, stunned France in the 2002 election by unexpectedly making the runoff.

The shock and shame of the 2002 result seemed to have resonated this year. On a sunny spring day, the balloting was marked by a high turnout across France. About 84 percent of the country’s 44.5 million registered voters cast ballots.

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Here are the full election results.

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