BREAKING: French President Emmanuel Macron defeated far-right leader Marine Le Pen to win re-election, with projections as polls closed showing him winning 58% to 42%.
French President Emmanuel Macron defeated far-right leader Marine Le Pen to win re-election Sunday, with projections as polls closed showing him winning 58% to 42%.the first French president in 20 years to win a second term. While polls consistently showed him in the lead, there will be relief in Washington and Brussels as his victory is confirmed.Turnout was estimated at around 72%, the lowest in decades but only 2% lower than in 2017, when Macron beat Le Pen 66% to 34%.
She said her party would fight hard in June's legislative elections. That's the next major test for Macron, whose party won a majority in 2017 but might struggle to do so again.While Le Pen has attempted to rebrand herself and party in recent years, Macron emphasized on the campaign trail that her far-right positions would divide France. He warned Le Pen's plan to ban headscarves for Muslim women could "create a civil war.
For her part, Le Pen attempted to make the case that she better understood the struggles of voters and capitalized on criticism of Macron as "president of the rich."Le Pen narrowed Macron's once-formidable lead ahead of the first round on Apr. 1o, when Macron finished first with 28% to Le Pen's 23%. But in the past two weeks, Macron belatedly stepped up his campaigning, gained endorsements from all of the other mainstream candidates, and saw the polls start to shift in his direction.
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