23/04/2007 4:59:19 pm
Sarkozy in the Lead. Obviously a huge voter turnout in France, almost 85 per cent of the electorate. It is a country longing for a direction and real leadership after the failure of Jacques Chirac. And indeed it is time for a change; there are problems in France that a good business cycle will not solve. As predicted, it seems that Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal came out as the two candidates for the next round. And Sarkozy seems to be well in the lead with 32 against 25 per cent. This is promising. I repeat: the outcome in France will affect the degree of reforms in many other countries too.

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