Nicolas Sakozy Elected President of France

Given favorite Net by the surveys since months, the candidate of UMP Nicolas Sarkozy largely precedes his socialist rival Ségolène Royal, credited with 46,8% of the voices.

At 52 years, Nicolas Sarkozy becomes the sixth president of the 5th Republic, after a second turn marked like the first by a very strong participation.

At 5PM local time the ministry for the Interior had indeed announced it to 75,11%, a record for at least 38 years. Per same hour, this rate had indeed been respectively 67,6%, 66,8%, 70,1%, 72,1%, 74,12% and 55,75% at the time of the six preceding presidential polls of 2002, 1995, 1988, 1981, 1974 and 1969. At the semi-day, the two candidates had voted, each one in its electoral stronghold: he, in company of his/her two daughters-in-law but without her Cécilia wife, in the Neuilly-on-Seine, she with Miss (Two-Sevres). Head of the State for twelve years, Jacques Chirac has achieved to him his electoral duty in Corrèze in company of his Bernadette wife.

Ségolène Royal remains combative. A few minutes after the advertisement of the results and the victory of Nicolas Sarkozy, the socialist candidate spoke the first at the house of the Latin America where its militants were gathered. She invited "to continue the restoration of the left beyond the borders". She wished in Nicolas Sarkozy to achieve her mission "with the service of all the French" and she affirmed that "she would assume her responsibilities". A speech which wanted to be offensive from the nearest point of view for legislative for the next month. However a few minutes before 20h, the European deputy PS, Pierre Moscovici had recognized the defeat of Ségolène Royal, "a defeat of all the Socialists".

As of 18h15, cries of joy had burst among the brought together partisans of Nicolas Sarkozy Salle Gaveau. "One gained, one gained", took again in chorus the militants of UMP, whereas the poll was not yet closed but that not confirmed information circulated. Indeed, not held to respect the official embargo on the results, of the Swiss and Belgian media had started to diffuse estimates as of 17h40. Little before 19h, the Minister for the Jean-François Cope Budget launched to him while leaving the HQ of countryside of Nicolas Sarkozy street of Enghien: "it is good, it is good".

In addition, as of the middle of the afternoon, a scene had begun to be assembled place of the Harmony, place chosen by UMP for a "great popular festival" in the event of victory. A hundred French and foreign televisions were installed there on estrades or with lifting platforms and about fifteen police van were stationed with the accesses of this point symbolic system. Because of the crowd which flows, the RATP specified besides that the Concorde stations, Miromesnil, Tuileries and Fields-Elysées-Clémenceau were closed, except for the correspondences.

Many militants and sympathizers of left them flowed towards the head office of the PS and, shortly after 19h00, nearly 4.000 people massed in front of the seat, street of Solférino, in Paris. From morose in middle of afternoon, environment, in front of the building of the PS, passed to combativeness with a majority of young people, enthusiastic, holding up portraits of the candidate, flags of the PS and some flags blue-white-red. "Shouting Ségolène president, Ségolène president", they hooted the representatives of the right-hand side each time they appeared on a giant screen where the electoral evening is retransmitted by the various chains of television, and acclaimed the socialist leaders.
"It is a formidable campaign, there is much thing to draw some", declared on its side towards 18h30 the former Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy, on his arrival in the court of Solférino.

Ambition of a life

Wire of a Hungarian immigrant and a Parisian lawyer, Nicolas Sarkozy de Nagy-Bocsa entered in policy at 19 years. He places himself quickly in the wake of Jacques Chirac, chief of the principal party of right-hand side of the time. At 28 years, it is elected mayor of Neuilly, crested suburbs of Paris. At 34 years, it becomes appointed and at 38 years, it obtains its first ministerial station. In 2004, year when this lawyer of formation takes the head of the UMP party which replaced the RPR of Jacques Chirac, it declares: "That made 25 years that people know me. One moment ago when (they) say: It is for him, it is its hour (...) I am inhabited, I always think of that. I thought of it already when nobody thought of it for me".

Its partisans rent his energy, his determination and are convinced that it will be able to leave the country the rut. Its detractors consider it brutal" and "dangerous" ", sometimes comparing it with "small César".

He wants to turn the page of the Chirac era, with which he maintains the difficult relations since his "treason" of 1995, when he chooses to support the presidential candidature of Edouard Balladur against his former mentor.

The continuation of the political calendar

Transfer of power
President Jacques Chirac, elected in 1995 then re-elected in 2002, completes officially his mandate on May 16 at midnight. It is also the deadline for the proclamation of the results by the constitutional Council. If this proclamation intervenes earlier, the making of the capacities between the old one and the new president can be done before May 16. At once after this making, the Prime Minister in Dominique de Villepin exercise should present the resignation of his government at the elected president. This one will consequently name a new Prime Minister and a government to prepare the legislative elections.