French Presidential – Emmanuel Macron offers himself a half-hearted triumph

– Emmanuel Macron offers himself a half-hearted triumph

The outgoing president is re-elected with more than 58% of the vote, a larger lead than expected over Marine Le Pen. But the opposition already looks very strong.

Posted today at 10:31 p.m.

Re-elected President Emmanuel Macron during his speech at the Champ-de-Mars.

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It would be hard to pretend that they were worried. A few minutes before 8 p.m., three supporters of the president exchanged a final prognosis. They are on the Champ-de-Mars, near the Eiffel Tower, at the foot of the official platform erected for Emmanuel Macron. “58%”, dares the first. “57%”, suggests another. The third hesitates: “I would also have said 57%, but this morning at the office there was a lot of abstention, so rather 56%,” she concludes.

They were not far from the target, a few minutes later, the result falls: the outgoing president is the winner with 58.8% of the vote, against 41.2 for Marine Le Pen