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Sarkozy defeated Royal to become president of France.

Xinhua News Agency, Paris, May 6 (Reporter Yan Dongfeng) In the second round of the French presidential election held on May 6, President Sarkozy of the People's Movement League won with 53.69% of the votes and was elected as the new president of France.

Sarkozy's rival Socialist candidate, Royal, publicly admitted that he was defeated after the vote that night.

According to the preliminary election results announced by the French Ministry of the Interior that night, Sarkozy and Royal won 53.69% and 46.438+0% of the votes respectively. French President Jacques Chirac called Sarkozy to congratulate him on his election.

The French president is elected by universal suffrage. If no candidate can get more than half of the votes in the first round of voting, a second round of voting will be held, and voters will choose among the top two candidates who got the most votes in the first round of voting.

Sarkozy made a speech after the preliminary results of the vote were announced, calling on the French to unite around him and re-establish values such as "morality", "work" and "authority" so that "the French can regain their pride as French".

Sarkozy also said that he would work to promote the construction of Europe and strengthen relations with the United States, but he also said that the United States should allow friendly countries to have "different opinions." He called on other EU member states to respond positively to the French people's concerns about globalization.

Sarkozy 1955 was born in Paris, and he is a representative of the traditional French right wing. At the age of 33, he was elected as a member of parliament for the first time. He has served as budget minister and government spokesman, interior minister and economy minister. The economic policy announced in his campaign platform was supported by most voters. Sarkozy advocated encouraging investment through tax cuts; Reduce the social welfare burden of enterprises; Increase the flexibility of enterprise employment system and improve the competitiveness of enterprises; Allow employees to work longer hours to increase their income; And improve people's purchasing power to promote consumption. He also advocated strengthening state authority, restoring the traditional values of French society, strengthening immigration control, and solving social security problems through powerful means.

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Nicolas Sarkozy, the newly elected president of France

Sarkozy1955 65438+1was born in Paris on October 28th. His father is a Hungarian immigrant and his mother is French. He studied at the University of Paris X and the Paris School of Political Science and obtained a master's degree in law. After graduation, he became a lawyer.

Sarkozy has a long political career and rich experience. 1983 was the mayor of Neuilly, 1988 was a member of the French National Assembly, 1993 was the budget minister and government spokesman, in 2002 was the minister of the interior, in 2004 was the minister of economy, finance and industry, and in 2005 was the minister of the interior again.

In March this year, Sarkozy resigned as Minister of the Interior and participated in the presidential election. After President Chirac announced that he would not run for re-election, Sarkozy not only won the unanimous support of the People's Movement League, but also won the support of Chirac. Sarkozy, on behalf of the traditional right wing, advocates supporting the free market economy and increasing employment. At the same time, he advocates reforming the current social welfare and labor system, improving the public security situation and strengthening the control of immigrants. In the first round of elections, his vote rate was 3 1. 18%.

Sarkozy loves literature and has written books such as Political Monks, Testimony and Unity.

Sarkozy has been married twice and has three children. 1996 married Cecilia Sarkozy, the current wife, and had a son after marriage.