“First of all, thank you,” said Emmanuel Macron in his victory speech. “After five years of transformation, of happy and difficult hours (...) this April 24, 2022, a majority has made the decision to trust me,” the president congratulated himself.
The French entrusted a new five-year term this Sunday to centrist president Emmanuel Macron in the ballotage against Marine Le Pen, who despite losing achieved the best result of the extreme right in a presidential election in the country. The official results, with 58% of the votes counted, give it 52.8% of the votes compared to 47.2% for Le Pen.
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