What Europe makes of America's election result

archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/editor-note/instances/editor-note-4f2b22d5ab93d2754b58b1a675276388@published” data-editable=”text” data-component-name=”editor-note” class=”editor-note inline-placeholder”> Editor’s Note: David A. Andelman, a contributor to CNN, twice winner of the Deadline Club Award, is a chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, author of “A Red Line in the Sand: Diplomacy, Strategy, and the History of Wars That Might Still Happen” and blogs at Andelman Unleashed. He formerly was a correspondent for The New York Times and CBS News in Europe and Asia. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN.

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archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_839F2D5D-3652-C74D-A57A-5C94C862E253@published” data-editable=”text” data-component-name=”paragraph”> On newspaper stands across the French capital and online, the early results of America’s national elections were quite evident Wednesday morning.

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archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_07093610-5E8D-2E83-C116-5C98F796080B@published” data-editable=”text” data-component-name=”paragraph”> The world – or at least the slice of it that continues to embrace the political system called democracy – has breathed a tentative sigh of relief.

archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_3861E878-56C4-16E6-B621-5CBBB560FB58@published” data-editable=”text” data-component-name=”paragraph”> While some key results may remain unresolved for some days, with the red wave reduced…