YouTube - Tony Blair félicite Nicolas Sarkozy (en français)

Tony Blair congratulates the president-elect of France in French:
Yes, he's got an accent, but mine's worse.

Sarkozy 53% -- Royal 47%

According to the French Interior Ministry's results for all of France, France entière (résultats complets), the result was M. Nicolas Sarkozy 53.06% and Mme Ségolène Royal 46.94%.

Boy, that IPSOS poll of a couple of days back was really accurate, within half a percentage point. Much better than American polls.

Ipsos Poll on French Election

Présidentielle : 53,5%-46,5% pour Nicolas Sarkozy (Ipsos-Dell au 03/05)

The French Presidential Dedate

Apparently the big highlight of the French presidential debate between Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal people are talking about was where, contrary to expectations, he didn't lose his cool but she did. However, my own impression of the scene from this video excerpt via Le Figaro is that she came across as forceful, even indignant, and the talk of her supposedly losing it is overblown:

HandicapRoyal
Uploaded by lefigaro

Move along, there's nothing to see here.

For another American's impression of the debate, see Boz's Thoughts on the Debate.

BONUS: Here's a clip of their previous encounter back in 1993:

French Election Results

Résultats de l'élection présidentielle

On the Importance of French

BBC NEWS | Africa | Mauritania pilot outwits hijacker:

The pilot of a hijacked Air Mauritania plane deliberately made a rough landing so passengers and crew could tackle the gunman, Spanish officials say.

He tipped off passengers about the plan after realising the hijacker spoke no French, one official told AP agency.

The JESUS Film

The JESUS Film dubbed into more languages than you can shake at stick at. I checked out the English, French, Italian, Greek, and Estonian versions, and listening along is a real test of one's listening competence. As far as I can tell, the accents of all but the English sounded authentic or at least what I expected.

Bibliothèque nationale de France - Catalogues et bibliothèque numérique

Bibliothèque nationale de France - Catalogues et bibliothèque numérique