In France, the battle for the Presidency will be the classic Right vs. Left battle of ideas. Conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy will face Socialist Segolene Royal in the run-off of France’s presidential election on 6 May. Sarkozy garnered 31% and Royal garnered 26% to advance to the run-off.
According to the BBC:
Mr Sarkozy is hated by the left as a reformer who many fear would change the French way of life by making the nation work harder and longer and by cutting back on its generous welfare state.Ms Royal is also regarded with suspicion, seen as too authoritarian and conservative by some Socialists.
Has France finally figured out that Socialism isn’t all it’s cracked up to be? Let’s hope so. Sarkozy is a friend of the U.S. and Royal is anti-American. If we can get France back as an ally, then we only need to worry about Russia and China.
Royal could be France’s Hillary and be their first woman President. Hopefully she won’t be elected just for the sake of being first though. She’s easier on the eyes than Hillary, that’s for sure. I wonder if Hillary will make France off-limits when she makes Bill Clinton the Ambassador To The World.
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