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The new President of France Emmanuel Macron said he would “defend France and defend Europe” during his victory speech, Sunday night in Paris. The pro-European centrist politician, 39, who had the support of the French establishment against populist far right leader Marine Le Pen, received 66.01% of the vote against Le Pen’s 33.9%, according to the official count.

French En March!

Voters across France were choosing a new president Sunday in an unusually tense and important election that could decide Europe’s future, making a stark choice between pro-business independent Emmanuel Macron and far-right populist Marine Le Pen.

Only a day before 47.5 million French citizens go to the ballots to elect the President of the 5th Republic of France between far-right candidate Marine LePen of the National Front party and front runner Emmanuel Macron of the En Marche party, both politicians are handing out promises to the electorate. One of the promisees made by Mr.

Centrist French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron extended his lead in the polls over his far-right rival Marine Le Pen on May 5, only two days before the county's most important election for decades with two diametrically opposed views of Europe and France's place in the world being at stake.

French centrist Emmanuel Macron and his far-right presidential rival Marine Le Pen clashed over terrorism, the economy and Europe on May 3 in a bad-tempered TV debate that laid bare their profoundly different visions for the country. The duel ahead of May 7's election was billed as a confrontation between Macron's call for openness and pro-market reforms and Le Pen's France-first nationalism.

French centrist Emmanuel Macron and his far-right presidential rival Marine Le Pen clashed over terrorism, the economy and Europe on May 3 in a bad-tempered TV debate that laid bare their profoundly different visions for the country. The duel ahead of May 7's election was billed as a confrontation between Macron's call for openness and pro-market reforms and Le Pen's France-first nationalism.

France's unprecedented presidential race has thrown many voters into emotional turmoil, causing nerves to fray around the dinner table, at the office and on social media.

EU would not be able to survive the effects of Marine Le Pen's victory in the presidential elections in France, French PM Bernard Cazeneuve has warned.

Emmanuel Macron told striking factory workers that he can do nothing to save their jobs from cheap foreign labour when he paid them a last-minute visit on Wednesday.

Macron, who is pro-globalisation, had not been scheduled to speak with Whirlpool staff in his hometown of Amiens, but was forced to make a detour after Marine Le Pen went to see them earlier in the day.