France's Royal promises changes

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

French Socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal has promised to embody change if she becomes France's first female head of state.

Ms Royal, 53, described her win over two rivals in a ballot of party members as "extraordinary", and said she wanted to write a new page in French history.

She won with more than 60% of the vote, avoiding a second round.

The mother-of-four is widely expected to face centre-right hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy in the April poll.

Ms Royal has promoted herself as a political outsider who can shake up a system with which many French people have grown disenchanted.

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[TechBear_Seattle]

1. I have to say, I find it amusing

Didn't France have a revolution to get rid of the Royals? And here they are, getting ready to elect one back in as head of state. :shrug:

[DivinBreuvage]

4. I laughed at this! But actually the French let the kings come back after the Revolution

And in fact they've had more than one revolution, because they kept letting Kings and dictators return to power. French politics were quite turbulent and unsettled between 1789 and 1958.

[hogwyld]

2. I for one hope she wins it all

France needs to go back to it's Socialist roots, and get rid of the disaster that has been the conservatives making. Go back to the 35 hour work week, and labor protection that were sacred in France.

[alfredo]

3. I can hear Rush's head explode if she gets elected.

She is a triple threat, French, Socialist, a woman.