France has spoken. Nicolas Sarkozy is not France’s President
anymore. He lost the Sunday Presidential elections.
François Hollande is France’s new president.
Hollande the 57-year-old socialist won the French presidential election capturing more than 51% of the vote beating Sarkozy.
Sarkozy, who had held the French presidency since 2007, grabbed 48.1%, according to the polls.
Hollande narrowly edged Sarkozy 57, in a preliminary election two weeks ago, but since he did not win with an absolute majority, France law required a runoff between the top two candidates.
Sunday’s victory means France will have its first Socialist president since Francois Mitterrand, the country’s president from 1981 to 1995.
In voting Sarkozy out of office, French voters expressed their discontent over Europe’s debt crisis.
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