Thedebonair74-year-old turns over power Wednesday to tough-talking fellow conservative Nicolas Sarkozy, who won election on pledges of a break with the past.

• 这位74岁、温文尔雅的法国总统今天将向新当选的总统尼古拉斯·萨科奇正式移交政权，同为保守人士的萨科奇作风果敢，凭着与过去的法国决裂的诺言赢得了大选。