'Pro-Israel Conservative' Wins in France

In a backlash against the French Intifada, Nicolas Sarkozy won a decisive victory against the Socialist candidate. This victory of a Prime Minister with relatively conservative views (by European standards) on Israel, America, security and the free market mirrors the results of the German election:

France Set for a New Revolution

France is on course for a right-wing revolution after Nicolas Sarkozy secured an emphatic victory over his Socialist Party rival, S?gol?ne Royal, last night to become the country's next president.

Car horns sounded around the capital on the news that Mr. Sarkozy, 52, who heads the ruling Union for a Popular Movement party, had 53% of the vote against Ms. Royal's 47%, according to official exit polls.

At 85%, voter turnout was the highest in 25 years ? a testament to a campaign that captured the French imagination as a new generation of political leaders emerged.

This is an extremely positive development, but it does not amount to a "revolution," as many news services have termed it. Sarkozy's rivals have tried to paint him as a conservative, but he is not, as his own words demonstrate:

Out with the Old, in with the 'Jew'? Sarkozy Talks to the 'Post'

Meanwhile, the "youths" (a euphemism for Muslims hostile to French society) have burned 730 cars in riots nationwide, up from 100 on a typical night. 78 police officers were injured.