Macron must tackle formidable challenges as he attempts to enact his domestic agenda of cutting state spending, easing labour laws, boosting education in deprived areas and extending new protections to the self-employed.
Emmanuel Macron defeated far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the second and final round of the French election on Sunday, according to Reuters.
"I know the divisions of our country that have driven some to the extreme". "But they did not ask me for anything". "But you also need other qualities". "It is my responsibility to hear them".
Macron has won an estimated 65.5% of the vote based on early counts from selected constituencies, compared to just 34.5% for former Front National leader Le Pen.
The centrist's emphatic victory, which also smashed the dominance of France's mainstream parties, will bring huge relief to European allies who had feared another populist upheaval to follow Britain's vote to quit the EU and Donald Trump's election as U.S. president.
"A new page in our long history is opening tonight". Le Pen, 48, is on track to deliver the strongest-ever showing in a presidential election for her National Front party.
After the most closely watched and unpredictable French presidential campaign in recent memory, many voters rejected the runoff choices altogether.
A record 30 percent of voter abstention was reported on the rainy Sunday election day.
Congratulatory messages poured in from overseas. Le Pen's success in the first round of voting had raised fears that right-wing populism and anti-immigrant nationalist rhetoric would emerge victorious in France as it had during the Brexit campaign and the election of US President Donald Trump.
With the US, Macron said he wanted continued intelligence-sharing and co-operation at the United Nations, and hopes to persuade Trump not to pull the US out of a global emissions-cutting deal against climate change.
Socialist Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuze said France had chosen to retain its place at the heart of Europe.
"We look forward to working with the new President and continuing our close cooperation with the French government".
OnePlus 5 Pops Up On Retailers Website, Reveals More Specs
Price: In terms of the price the OnePlus 3T is far cheaper in comparison to the Samsung Galaxy S8 at Rs 29,999. That said, we'd still take this information with a pinch of salt as nothing is official yet.
The incumbent French president Francois Hollande from the centre-left Socialist Party (PS) is credited for bringing Macron in politics.
He chided his supporters for booing at the mention of Le Pen's name and instead urged the country to come together.
"I'm so happy, it feels so good!"
France's election campaign commission said Saturday that "a significant amount of data" - and some fake information - was leaked on social networks following the hacking attack on Macron.
Le Pen, meanwhile, is an isolationist. She had placed third in the 2012 presidential vote. Macron received 23 percent of the vote in the first round two weeks ago, with Le Pen trailing him by two points.
Addressing supporters shortly after initial projections showed she lost, Le Pen said that voters would face the same choice in legislative elections next month, in which she said she meant to lead her party. Both will then head to Paris for election night rallies with their supporters.
"I also want to say a word for those who voted today for Madame Le Pen", he said.
But should an upset occur and National Front candidate Marine Le Pen win, the very future of the European Union could be on the line.
Macron voted in the seaside resort of Le Touquet in northern France alongside his wife, Brigitte Macron.
Le Pen had savaged the European Union and its Schengen open border policies during her campaign, promising a "France first" approach that echoed the message President Donald Trump used in sweeping to power in the United States. Because neither candidate is from a mainstream political party, both will struggle to get enough representatives elected to the National Assembly, France's lower and more powerful house of Parliament, to support their agenda.
One of his most risky opponents, conservative former Prime Minister Francois Fillon, was hobbled by allegations that his family benefited from cushy taxpayer-funded jobs for years.
Comments