Emmanuel Macron, 39, becomes France's youngest president after a crushing 31-point victory over Marine Le Pen:

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Emmanuel Macron, 39, becomes France's youngest president after a crushing 31-point victory over Marine Le Pen: Outsider without a party will move into the Elysee Palace with his wife Brigitte, 64

Centrist Emmanuel Macron (pictured with his wife Brigitte, 64, centre) is set to become France's youngest president after the latest exit polls suggest he has won 65.5 per cent of the vote in a tense election which could decide the future of Europe. According to exit polls, former banker Macron, 39, has secured a landslide victory as voters are believed to have rejected Marine Le Pen's populist vision of France. Just 15 minutes after the exit polls were announced, Le Pen (right) revealed she phoned Macron to 'congratulate' him on his election victory after she received 34.5 per cent of the vote, according to exit polls. Macron supporters celebrated (top left and bottom left) following his victory on Sunday.

 

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  .[h=1]Emmanuel Macron, 39, becomes France's youngest president after a crushing 31-point victory over Marine Le Pen: Outsider without a party will move into the Elysee Palace with his wife Brigitte, 64[/h]
  • Emmanuel Macron has become France's new president at the age of 39 after beating far-right Marine Le Pen
  • According to the exit polls, Macron - a former banker - has won 65.5 per cent of the vote in the crucial election
  • Le Pen conceded just 15 minutes after the announcement and phoned Macron to congratulate him on his win
  • Voters in the country were under the watch of 50,000 security forces, guarding against a potential attack

 

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The pro-EU politician Emmanuel Macron was tonight elected as France's youngest ever president with a projected landslide of 65.5 per cent.
Macron, 39, beat far-right National Front (FN) candidate Marine Le Pen, 48, in an election that will have widespread repercussions for the future of Europe.
An official preliminary result released at 8pm local time showed Macron received 65.5 per cent of the vote and had earned a clear 31-point victory over Le Pen.
Just 15 minutes after the exit polls were announced, Le Pen conceded and revealed she phoned Macron to 'congratulate' him on his election victory.
She had hoped that the surprise election of Donald Trump in America, and the Brexit result in the UK, would favour her hardline opposition to the EU, globalisation and immigration.
But instead it was Macron who was preparing for a victory celebration in front of crowds of supporters outside the Louvre in central Paris.

 

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British Prime Minister Theresa May 'warmly congratulated' Macron on his victory in the French presidential race and said 'we look forward to working with the new president on a wide range of shared priorities;.
Mrs May's message comes after Macron described Britain's exit from the EU as 'a crime', and revealed he favours a so called 'Hard Brexit' which will see the UK excluded from Europe's single market.
Despite this he and his wife, Brigitte, 64, have admitted that they have strong personal links with Britain, and often holiday in cities such as London and Bristol.
Mrs Macron - her husband's former schoolteacher in the northern French town of Amiens - said at the weekend: 'We both absolutely love Britain, and make sure we visit every year - this won't change.'
Mrs Macron, who has three grown-up children from a first marriage, will now become first lady of France when the couple move into the Elysee Palace following an inauguration ceremony later this month.
US President Donald Trump also congratulated Macron and tweeted: 'Congratulations to Emmanuel Macron on his big win today as the next President of France. I look very much forward to working with him!'
Participation in the election by by 7pm was 74 per cent, a relatively low turnout compared to previous elections.

 

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Emmanuel Macron, 39, and his wife Brigitte, 64, were mobbed by fans as they went to vote at the polling station in Le Touquet this morning. Exit polls suggest he has won the election with 65.5 per cent of the vote

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Macron spoke one hour after the exit polls indicated he had won the election and had become France's youngest ever president and said a 'new page of our history' has turned

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Macron, a former banker, waved to supporters as he left his home in Le Touquet, northern France, flanked by bodyguards to go and vote this morning

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A couple were photographed kissing in Pairs after it was announced that Emmanuel Macron would become the new president of France

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Macron supporters had gathered at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris to celebrate the exit polls which showed the 39-year-old had won 65.5 per cent of the vote

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Supporters of French independent centrist presidential candidate, Emmanuel Macron, reacted outside his campaign headquarters in Paris on Sunday

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A woman reacted with jubilation as the exit polls indicated that Macron had won 65.5 per cent of the vote in the tense election

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According to the latest polls, the 39-year-old (pictured) will become the country's youngest president of all time and move to the Elysee Palace

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French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (pictured) reaveled this evening that she has phoned Emmanuel Macron to congratulate him

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Brigitte Macron (pictured) was her husband's former schoolteacher and blew a kiss to supporters during the tense vote on Sunday

Macron has erased Louis Napoleon Bonaparte's record as the youngest ever president and said he would fight with all his might against all inequality in French society.
In his election victory speech, he said: 'This is a new democratic landscape. Today you've agreed to put your trust in me and it's a great honour and responsibility, as nothing was written in stone.
'I want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart. I want to speak to all citizens now. No matter who you voted for, I do not hold anything against you.
'We need to deal with the economy and the moral weakness of the country. I want to address my opponent, Marine Le Pen.
'I know the divisions of our nations have pushed people to extremes and I know the anger and the doubt in our country. It's my duty to listen to this.
'It's about organising solidarity, fighting all forms of inequality and discrimination, ensuring unity and guaranteeing the security of the nation.'
His supporters had already flocked on to esplanade in front of the most popular museum in the world when the results were announced, waving red-white-and-blue French flags and chanting 'Macron, President!'

 

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[h=3]'I WISH HIM SUCCESS IN THE FACE OF THE IMMENSE CHALLENGES FACING FRANCE', SAYS LE PEN[/h]

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Speaking after the exit polls showed Macron had won the election, Le Pen (pictured) said she had phoned to congratulate him on his victory

Marine Le Pen delivered her concession speech less than 15 minutes after official exit polls confirmed her devastating defeat.
Speaking to an audience of party officials and close aides she said she would create a new force in French politics pitting 'patriots against globalists'.
She said: 'The French have chosen a new president of the republic and voted to continuity. I congratulate him on his election because I have the best interests of the country at heart, I wish him success.
'I wish him success in the face of the immense challenges facing France.
'I would like thank the 11 million French people who gave me their voice and their confidence.
'I want to thank the activists who have supported and accompanied me throughout this campaign.
'I would like to thank [rival election candidate turned support Nicolas] Dupont-Aignan and his party Debout La France for their courageous choice.
'The French people have chosen a patriotic and republican alliance as the first force of opposition.
'The political groups who have taken the responsibility to elect Mr Macron have been discredited. The first round showed a breakdown in French politics with the elimination of the old parties.
'The second round created a realignment of politics split between patriots and globalists. This choice between patriots and globalists will be presented to the French people in the parliamentary elections.
'I will be at the head of this fight to gather together all of those who choose France first.
'The Front National must renew itself to live up to this historic opportunity and expectations of the French people.
'I plan to begin the transformation of our movement to create a new political force.
'I am calling all patriots to join and participate in the decisive political battle that begins tonight.
'More than ever in the coming months France will need you.
'Long live the Republic, Long live France.'

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The Macrons today voted in the town hall in Le Touquet, on the English Channelcoast, where they share a beachside home with their Argentine Mastiff dog, Figaro.
Le Pen meanwhile voted in Henin-Beaumont, the former coalmining town just 75 miles from Le Touquet.
She is massively in favour of Brexit, and wants France to follow suit with its own Frexit vote - one that would almost certainly lead to the collapse of the whole European project.
Le Pen has continually failed to win a parliamentary seat in Henin-Beaumont - where she shares a flat with her partner, Louis Aliot - and this is her second failed presidential election campaign.
Tonight the couple were attending an FN party at a functions chalet in Vincennes - the eastern Paris suburb where King Henry Vof England died in 1422.
Le Pen had been continually trailing Mr Macron in opinion polls since the pair beat off competition from nine other candidates and made it through the first round of voting two weeks ago.

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The area outside the Carrousel du Louvre was a sea of blue, white and red as Macron supporters celebrated his victory over Le Pen

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The result was met with huge cheers from the Macron camp as exit polls showed he had won the election by 31 points

 

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US President Donald Trump congratulated Macron after his 'big win' on Sunday and added that he is 'looking forward' to working with him

 

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Brigitte Macron met her husband in 1992, when he was just 15 years old, and a pupil at a private school in Amiens. She was his teacher

Le Pen, voted in Henin-Beaumont, the former coal mining town just 75 miles from Le Touquet.
Topless feminist activists, who had climbed on to the roof of the church, hung a banner and shouted anti Le Pen chants, were removed and briefly detained by police before the candidate arrived.
The Femen protest was the latest in many demonstrations against Le Pen or against both candidates. Unions are reportedly already planning a protest on Monday.
Macron, the former Socialist economy minister and one-time banker was all smiles as he stepped out of his holiday home in the seaside resort this morning.
For security reasons, Macron was surrounded by armed security and driven from his nearby home to the polling station in a five-car convoy.
The French presidential election was rocked by a security alert in the heart of Paris at about 1pm. The courtyard outside the Louvre museum, where Macron plans to hold an election night victory party, was evacuated on police orders after a bomb threat.
Macron's campaign press office said it was a 'suspicious bag' that prompted the evacuation and the museum was reopened some 90 minutes later.

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The family of Macron's wife, Brigitee, have run a chocolate shop 'Jean Trogneux' for five generations in Amiens, his hometown

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Macron grew up in the workers quarters (pictured) in rue Gaulthier de Rumilly in Amiens. Macron has argued that France must rethink its labour laws to better compete globally and appealed for unity and tolerance

 

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Billy_The_Quid, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 1 hour ago
So long France. You have just committed s u i c i d e. And to our leader Mrs May, Get OUR borders shut and full steam ahead for HARD BREXIT.

 

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Ron., London, United Kingdom, 1 hour ago
RIP France.

 

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opsimathist, London, United Kingdom, 1 hour ago
YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE FRANCE AND YOUR BLEW IT

 

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Ron., London, United Kingdom, 1 hour ago
RIP France.

Pretty much.

A better headline: Dumb fuck frogs vote for terror attacks and appeasement to continue.

Its a shame, frankly. I've spent a lot of time in Europe, even lived there for a year-long internship. Not only does the world need a strong and stable Europe, but each country had its own unique identity and culture. That's all going to change in a big way. Future generations will only read about places like that in books instead of actually getting to experience it for themselves.

 

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Pretty easy to win when one voting bloc 'the Muslims' are 98% in your pocket.

It will be hard for Le Pen or any far right candidate to win in France when almost 100% of Muslims 7% of voters
support the opposing candidate.

This means concerns and priorities of French Muslims will start being pandered to. In order to win
A clever, reputable French politician needs to start appropriating LePen's main issue for himself, or herself.
In 2012, a study by the French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP) showed that 89 percent of Muslim voters had
voted for Francois Hollande, who won the elections with around 51 percent of the national vote.
Estimated at 6 percent of the national electorate, Muslim voters thus constituted the needed vote that tilted
the balance in favour of the socialist candidate.

 

[Willie99]

My gut tells me none of the brash threats will come to fruition.

Britain will exit the EU, and will continue to trade with the EU. Anything else is akin to suggesting the states of CA and TX are going to stop trading with each other, or maybe the USA and Canada. It's not happening

 

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Fear of 'the other' has led Metropolitan France to make a hollow decision. It has no roots in something deeper. No authentic foundation. It is oil on water, pretty to look at all the same.


The division between Paris and the rest of France is as searing as London and the rest of the UK. And the West coast liberals versus real America.


The rest of France voted very differently to Paris. They live with the daily reality of the decisions made by wealthy politicians.

 

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A full ten percent of France are unemployed under labour laws created by Macron to deliver growth.



The migrant camps are overwhelming, and many are not so quick to forget the slaughter at the Bataclan or the horror of the terrorist truck on Bastille day, or the recent shooting of the policeman on the Champs Elyse .

 

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FWIW, Macron is an outsider, so he's France's version of rejecting the establishment.

The people in charge lost lost in the runoff election.

 

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Macron won this election. He took 20.6million votes.


But it is an illusion to imagine 20.6 million voted for Macron. Many voted against Le Pen. Others pledged support with noses held.


There is only Macron and the movement he invented. The legislative elections are in one month and at present he doesn't have a single representative.


And Le Pen is gaining hard - she won 10.7million votes. (How much longer can the press call a party with 11 million votes 'extreme?')


In truth, she actually came third. 12 million voters abstained and another 4.2 million did not mark their ballot or spoiled their paper - refusing to vote for either candidate.


Macron's biggest rivals are a right-wing woman with a solid core of 11 million ardent supporters and over 16 million people who believe in democracy but would rather not vote at all than give Macron a mandate to lead.


He says he is about unity? He has his work cut out.

 

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The perfect puppet on stage, has Merkel as his master

The perfect puppet on stage, has Merkel as his master. And the brand of EM - Emmanuel Macron / En Marche is an illusion, just like the crowd conjured up to dance for the watching world.

 

[PatsFan1283]

Wanted to see Le Pen squeeze that 1 out but seemed like she never had much of a chance. Not an expert on EU politics or anything but I doubt she would've left EU or gotten off euro, France has way too much debt and pension/entitlement obligations to do something like that. EU their sugar daddy much more than UK from what I understand. And obviously UK has their own currency.

As far as Macron, that's fuckin gross w/ his wife being his former teacher. Was 15 and she was 40. I dunno how Le Pen doesn't just mention that every single debate. To be fair, his wife was probably hot at 40.

He's a victory for the establishment though, whether the people know it or not.