PARIS, May 6, SPA -- Nicolas Sarkozy, in his victory speech asFrance's president-elect, said the United States can«count on our friendship» but urged it to take the leadagainst climate change. Speaking to hundreds of cheering supporters, theconservative also vowed to be «the president of all of theFrench» and warned that the European Union must not be«the Trojan horse» for globalization's ills, according to AP. To France's «American friends,» Sarkozy said: «They cancount on our friendship.» «I want to tell them that France will always be by theirside when they need,» he said. «But I also want to tellthem that friendship means accepting that friends can havedifferent opinions.» «A great nation, like the United States, has a duty notto block the battle against global warming but _ on thecontrary _ to take the lead in this battle, because thefate of the whole of humanity is at stake.» He said the issue would be a priority for France.-- SPA www.spa.gov.sa/447313