It is supposed that N. Sarkozy loses the election

Today the second round of the presidential elections is held in France today.

France voted in a presidential run-off election Sunday expected to see Socialist challenger Francois Hollande defeat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy by capitalizing on public anger over spending cuts and a Europe-wide push for austerity. Atlanta Journal Constitution writes about this.

According to the source exuberant crowds gathered at the Socialist Party headquarters in Paris even before the official results started coming in, while Sarkozy supporters were preparing to see their man become France’s first one-term president since Valery Giscard d’Estaing lost to Socialist Francois Mitterrand in 1981.

Hollande voted in his electoral fiefdom of Tulle in central France. Asked Sunday evening about unconfirmed reports he was leading and whether he saw that as encouraging, he told a small number of reporters, “Yes, but they’re only estimations. They are just starting to unload the ballot boxes now.”

Sarkozy, accompanied by wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, voted at midday in Paris‘ 16th arrondissement. Scores of television cameras surrounded the couple, and members of the public could be heard chanting “Sarkozy! President!” But Sarkozy, 57, chose not to speak on live TV.

Besides France elections also in Germany, Italy, Serbia, Greece and Armenia took place today.