Sarkozy leads Europe's tributes
Updated on 05 November 2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy led European congratulations to Barack Obama, hailing his "brilliant victory" in winning the White House.
Amid hopes of a fresh EU-US relationship under a new leadership in Washington, President Sarkozy said president-elect Obama's victory raised great hopes across Europe in the midst of major global challenges.
President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso spoke of forging a "new deal for a new world", and the German leader of the Socialists in the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, said it was time for a "new dawn" in EU-US relations.
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