As expected, it’s the Socialist candidate versus Sarkozy in the run-off:
French Socialist Francois Hollande won the most votes in the first round of the country’s presidential election, the BBC reports.
“He got about 28% of votes, according to projections based on partial results, against about 26% for centre-right incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy. The two men will face each other in a second-round run-off on 6 May.”
Even moreso than with stateside elections, European elections are always good news for conservatives, so I’m assuming that the Sarkozy did better than expected. And the popularity of Marine Le Pen is obviously an indictment of French left-wing social policies.