Amherst, MA - In less than three months, Nicolas Sarkozy will probably become the second president in the 50-year history of the French Fifth Republic to be defeated for re-election. (The first time was in 1981, when incumbent president Valery Giscard d'Estaing lost to Francois Mitterrand.) Sarkozy's standing in the polls is at a historic low for a Fifth Republic president.
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Nicolas Sarkozy has conceded defeat in French presidential elections, opening the way for Francois Hollande to be the new leader. Early exit polls showed the socialist candidate to have gained at least 4% more of the vote than the c... Read Post
Nicolas Sarkozy has officially conceded defeat in France's presidential race, meaning the next leader of the French Republic will be Socialist Party candidate Francois Hollande. Hollande was pushed into office by voters not necessar... Read Post
François Hollande won the French presidential election on Sunday, capturing more than 51 percent of the vote to defeat incumbent Nicholas Sarkozy and become France's new president, according French television. Sarkozy, who has held ... Read Post