時事新聞:奧朗德成爲法國新總統

France has a new leader after Socialist challenger Francois Hollande beat conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in the French presidential election Sunday.

法國選出新領導人。社會黨人奧朗德在星期天的總統決選中擊敗保守派的現任總統薩科齊，成爲法國新總統。

Final results Monday show Mr. Hollande won 51.6 percent of the vote to Mr. Sarkozy's 48.4 percent in Sunday's runoff election. French media say the outgoing president will officially hand over power on May 15.

星期一獲得的最後結果顯示，星期天的總統決選中，奧朗德贏得了51.6%的選票，薩科奇的得票率爲48.4%。法國媒體說，現任總統將於5月15日正式將權力移交給新總統。

The vote reflected citizens' disapproval of the country's spending cuts and high unemployment. The outgoing president said he takes responsibility for the election loss.

這次投票反映出選民對開支削減計劃和高失業率感到不滿。現任總統薩科奇說， 他接受選舉失敗的責任。

Mr. Hollande opposes many of the tough economic austerity measures in France. He will be the first left-wing French leader in almost 20 years.

奧朗德反對在法國實施的很多嚴厲經濟緊縮措施。他將成爲法國將近20年來的首位左翼領導人。

Mr. Hollande is regarded as a mild-mannered career politician. He has promised to move quickly to implement a traditional socialist tax-and-spend program with higher taxes on the rich to help finance increased state spending.

奧朗德在民衆眼中是一位舉止溫和的職業政治家。他承諾儘快執行社會黨傳統的稅收與開支計劃，增加富人稅收，以助增加國家開支提供資金。

He also is expected to try to renegotiate European Union-imposed austerity measures.

預計他還將試圖就歐盟強制執行的財政緊縮措施進行重新談判。

U.S. President Barack Obama telephoned his congratulations to Mr. Hollande Sunday and invited him to the White House before the G-8 and NATO summits later this month.

美國總統奧巴馬星期天通過電話向奧朗德表示祝賀，並邀請他在本月晚些時候舉行的工業8國首腦會議和北約峯會之前到白宮做客。