Emmanuel Macron re-elected to the Elysée with 58.2% of the votes. Marine Le Pen stops at 41.8%.
The results of an exit poll of public TV France 2 - similar to those of other exit polls, according to which Macron's minimum result is 57.6% - certify the victory of the outgoing president, as confirmed by the leader of the Rassemblement National, who has already accepted the result of the polls thanking the millions of voters who voted for it and defining "extraordinary" a result - his - which exceeds 40%.
At 44, therefore, Macron is the ninth president of the Fifth Republic, the first to be re-elected after Jacques Chirac, who in the 2002 ballot defeated Marine Le Pen's father, Jean-Marie, founder of the Front National. “Great news for Europe”, commented Mario Draghi.
JOY UNDER THE EIFFEL TOUR - Roar of joy in a riot of French and European flags at the Champ-de-Mars, under the Eiffel Tower, at the announcement of the victory. At the foot of the famous Parisian monument, in addition to many pro-Macron militants, also three of its ministers: Clément Beaune (European Affairs), Eric Dupont-Moretti (Justice) and Jean-Yves Le Drian (Foreign Affairs).
When the re-elected president arrived, hand in hand with Brigitte, Beethoven's hymn to Joy, the hymn of a united Europe, began to play.
“After 5 years of transformation and crisis you have chosen me for another 5 years, I will be the president of all”, his first words before promising that France “will be a great ecological nation”. Macron thanked those who “voted for me not because they share my ideas, but to block the way to the far right. I will be indebted for this vote in the next few years ”.
“There is a lot to do - he added -. The war in Ukraine reminds us that we are going through tragic times in which France must show the clarity of its voice, and build its strength in all fields. And we will do it ".
LE PEN: “EXTRAORDINARY RESULT” - Disappointment at the headquarters of Marine Le Pen, which nevertheless is satisfied with the result, the best ever for the French far right.
"Defeat? No, this is a striking victory, a form of hope. The aspiration for change cannot be ignored, ”he said.
"The result this evening is in itself a resounding victory", he declared, acknowledging the defeat but assuring that "he will continue his commitment to France and the French".
Then he launched the next challenge: “Tonight I launch the great battle of the legislatures and I appeal to all those who want to join us in opposing Emmanuel Macron's policy. I will never abandon the French ”.
(Unioneonline / L)
