French elect conservative Sarkozy as president

Article title: French elect conservative Sarkozy as president
Source: Mainichi Weelkly(online)
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on Saturday, May,12

Nicolas Sarkozy, a blunt and uncompromising pro-American conservative, was elected president of France on May 6 with a mandate to chart a new course for an economically sluggish nation struggling to incorporate immigrants and their children.
Sarkozy defeated Socialist Segolene Royal by 53.06 percent to 46.94 percent with 84 percent turnout, according to final results released on May 7. It was a decisive victory for Sarkozy's vision of freer markets and toughness on crime and immigration, over Royal's gentler plan for preserving cherished welfare protection, including a 35-hour work week that Sarkozy called “absurd."
“The people of France have chosen change," Sarkozy, the son of a Hungarian refugee, told supporters in a victory speech. He pledged to be president “of all the French, without exception.
"Late on May 6, however, small bands of youths hurled stones and other objects at police at the Place de la Bastille in Paris. Police fired volleys of tear gas back. Two police unions said firebombs targeted schools and recreation centers in several towns just south of Paris.

How does his policy affect to the society and around the world including Japanese government ?How immigrant system in France would be changed?