Sarkozy headed for big win in French poll
France voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that is expected to give an overwhelming majority to conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy for his program of tax and labor reform. Despite controversy in the past week over government proposals for a hike in VAT, Sarkozy’s centre-right UMP party is likely to win a majority of 380-420 seats in the 577-seat National Assembly, according to a survey by pollsters Ipsos. Full Story