International News on April 23, 2007

On April 22, 2007, the first round of voting in the French presidential election ended. Sarkozy, chairman of the Popular Movement League, and Royal, a socialist, entered the second round. The second round of voting will be held on May 6.

China News Service, London, April 23. According to an analysis report by the British "Guardian" on the 23rd, French right-wing presidential candidate Sarkozy won the first place in the French presidential primary on the evening of the 22nd. This puts him in an advantageous position in the second-round presidential election showdown with French Socialist candidate Royal.

The newspaper analyzed that Sarkozy, chairman of the ruling Popular Movement Alliance, has become France's most popular right-wing politician in 30 years. He has promised to restore "authority through free market reforms and strict legal measures" ”, cracking down on immigration, and instilling “national pride” in citizens to halt France’s decline. Preliminary official results showed that he received 30.5% of the vote. Sarkozy told 2,000 supporters at a rally in Paris: "I just want to unite people around the dream of a new France, which will be a brotherly republic." He said he was opposed to A French vision would value jobs, authority, security, and unite workers, farmers and all those who had been hurt and felt "desperate".

Royal, the first female presidential candidate expected to become president, is expected to receive 25.7% of the vote, which is the highest number of votes received by a Socialist presidential candidate since Mitterrand's 1988 presidential election results. She calls herself a defender of social justice who will listen to people's voices and challenge Sarkozy's "tough" style, divisiveness and "dangerous" authoritarianism. When she spoke in a rural constituency in western France on the evening of the 22nd, she called on France to become a "respected political and political country" and promised to restore a smile to France's decline. She also promised not to change France through hard-line measures, saying she would not encourage people's "fear".

France currently faces a showdown between the traditional right and left in the second round of the presidential election. Extreme right leader Marine Le Pen received only 11.5% of the vote and failed to advance to the second round of the presidential election. This is his worst record since he ran for president in 1974. Reacting to her elimination from the election, Le Pen said: "I originally thought France was unhappy that we have 7 million poor people, 14 million poor workers, a trade deficit, a debt of 2.5 trillion euros. But I was wrong, the facts They just voted for the parties that caused these situations. I am worried that the ecstasy will not last long." Election experts predicted on the evening of the 22nd that the competition for the second round of the presidential election will be fierce. The record-breaking 85% participation rate reflects the high level of attention paid to the new generation of presidents.

Phelan, a leading member of the French Popular Movement Alliance, said that the election results did not allow people to shout victory, but it would allow the country to "stand between two different national identities and two ways of engaging in political activities." "Phelan is expected to become prime minister in Sarkozy's government.

France Socialist Party leader Hollande said voters now face a choice between Sarkozy and Royal. Sarkozy was interior minister in the previous government and Royal was "a real force for change". French voters still consider unemployment and investment levels to be their main concerns, but both candidates have been active in promoting issues of national identity. Sarkozy, who idolized Charles de Gaulle, said France needed a new renaissance and promised to restore France's pride. Royal broke away from traditional leftist positions and appeared before voters as a mother, singing the national anthem and calling on everyone to plant the French flag in their windows. (Bi Yuan)

·A European flight made an emergency landing in Munich due to a bomb threat

·Russia and Iran reached an agreement on the payment of funds for nuclear power plants

·The US military ordered a re-evaluation of satellites Safety protection measures

·Investigators said that Zhao Chengxi shot the victim with more than a hundred bullets (photo)

·Indian media said that India-US nuclear energy cooperation negotiations have reached a deadlock

·The British Army in Iraq investigates the case of soldiers embezzling huge sums of money from Saddam Hussein

·The Israeli president’s lawyer demands that Katsav be granted special privileges in the trial

·American radio broadcasts insulting content against China Protested (photo)

·42 former World Bank executives jointly recommended that Wolfowitz resign

·The US Defense Secretary will discuss the European missile defense system plan with Putin

·The Israeli Finance Minister was automatically suspended for being involved in the embezzlement case

Global Perspective

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Russia and Iran reached an agreement on the payment of funds for nuclear power plants, April 23, 2007 16: 32 China Daily website

China Daily Global Online News: According to the Russian state-owned Atomic Energy Construction and Export Company, Iran and Russia reached a plan on April 22 to pay for the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant.

Just as the international community has repeatedly urged Iran to stop uranium enrichment activities, Russia announced earlier this year that it would postpone helping Iran build the Bushehr nuclear power plant because Iran defaulted on funds.

But Iranian officials deny arrears and accuse Russia of bowing to Western pressure. Moscow has close relations with Iran. While blocking Iran from severe punitive measures proposed by the United States, it has also recently supported limited United Nations sanctions on Iran.

A spokeswoman for Russia’s state-owned Atomic Energy Construction and Export Corporation said, The agreement signed in Moscow on the 22nd marks that the two sides have reached a large degree of agreement on this issue, but there are still some problems and the two sides will hold more rounds of talks next month. She said: “If this financing plan is successfully implemented, it will solve some of the payment problems encountered when building Iran’s nuclear power plants.

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