Le Pen Concedes French Presidential Election, Handing Reelection Victory to Macron
Five years ago, Macron won a sweeping victory over Le Pen to become France’s youngest president at 39. The margin is expected to be much smaller this time: Polling agencies Opinionway, Harris and Ifop projected that the 44-year-old pro-European centrist would win at least 57% of the vote.
Le Pen called her results “a shining victory,” saying that “in this defeat, I can't help but feel a form of hope.” Le Pen’s score this time rewarded her years-long efforts to make her far-right politics more palatable to voters. Campaigning hard on cost-of-living issues, she made deep inroads among blue-collar voters in disaffected rural communities and in former industrial centers.
“It was the least worst choice,” said Stephanie David, a transport logistics worker who backed a communist candidate in round one.
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