Sarkozy Fans Celebrate Victory

May 06, 2007

Right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy scored an emphatic victory in the French presidential election Sunday, beating Socialist rival Ségolène Royal to win a clear mandate for tough economic and social reforms. Wild celebrations erupted among Sarkozy supporters in Paris as soon as polls closed and projections said the 52-year-old former interior minister had around 53 percent of the vote against Royal's 47 percent. Reactions from Sarkozy's supporters, extracts of the victory speech of the president-elect.