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Nicolas Sarkozy Elected President of France

May 6, 2007

Nicolas Sarkozy then Minister of Interior Meeting with US Secretar of State Rice in 2006
Nicolas Sarkozy the candidate of the Conservative Party defeated Segolene Royal the cadidate of the Socialist Party to become the President of France. The election represented a clear change of path for France. Sarkozy has called for closer ties with the United States. In his election campaign he called for bringing the rule of law to the suburbs of Paris that are filled with immigrants.