Emmanuel Macron Wins Election in France
Emmanuel Macron (En Marche!)
Marine Le Pen (European Parliament)
- Emmanuel Macron, France’s former economy minister, has defeated far-right leader Marine Le Pen with 66 to 34 percent support.
- Macron is slated to be inaugurated as the eighth president of the Fifth Republic next week. He will serve a five-year term.
- His next test will come in June, when France holds parliamentary elections. Macron’s centrist En Marche! has no seats in the National Assembly.
Results
Macron
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Le Pen
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| 66.1% |
33.9% |