Good News From France

Nicolas Sarkozy's victory on Sunday was delightful news. Its always good to see a socialist lose. Whether M. Sarkozy will actually make any substantial change to the French economy remains to be seen. Also, it may be too much to hope that he will remain as steadfast a friend to the US as he claims to be. Remember when Chirac first became president, he pointed to his years in the US as proof of his love of America. However, I think Sarkozy does represent a significant change and will probably be the most pro-American President of the Fifth Republic (which admittedly is not saying very much).