Well I was right of course. Admittedly I overstated his margin of victory, but still -- it was the left's biggest defeat since 1965. And thoroughly deserved. The campaign of denigration against Nicolas Sarkozy was utterly despicable, and it was a relief to see that most French people found the left's scare-mongering to be "un peu de trop". So is France now set fair on the road of reform? Will it follow Britain, Spain and everyone else into flexible labour markets, tax cuts, union curbs and so on? Or will there be a "third round" of the election on the street? (third round because the election already had two) My take on it is that you underestimate Sarkozy's will-power at your peril. This is the first time a president has been elected on a crystal clear mandate for liberal economic reforn, and he is every intention of seeing it through. Assuming he gets his majority in the National Assembly at next month's elections, he will act fast and push through a first wave of laws in July. What can anyone do about it? We shall have to wait and see. But personally I reckon those people (mainly in Britain) saying that he is doomed to fail, unions on the streets, bloody French pig-headedness ete etc etc ......... are wrong.