• Emmanuel Macron is re-elected for a new five-year term, with 58.8% of the vote.

  • The National Rally still obtains 41.2%, with significant mobilization overseas.

  • During his speech, the president announced that he was aware of the importance of the blocking vote against the far right, which "binds him for the years to come".

“I know what I owe you”, declared Emmanuel Macron after a few thanks on the platform installed at the Champ de Mars.

The outgoing president was re-elected on Sunday with 58.8% of the vote.

During his speech to his supporters in Paris, he positioned himself: “I am no longer the candidate of one camp but the president of everyone.

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A response to the high score of Marine Le Pen who obtains 41.2% of the votes, and therefore convinces nearly half of the French.

"The anger and disagreements" that led to voting for the far-right project "must find an answer", he announced.

“It will be my responsibility and that of those around me.

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“This vote binds me for the years to come”

Emmanuel Macron also mentioned the very announced blocking vote before this second round: "I also know that many of our compatriots voted for me today not to support the ideas that I hold but to block those of the far right. .

And I want to thank them here and tell them that I am aware that this vote binds me for the years to come.

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The president promised a "refounded method" to govern France, assuring that "no one will be left by the wayside".

"This new era will not be the continuity of the five-year term which is ending", assured the outgoing president, calling for "benevolent and respectful" in a country "steeped in so many doubts, so many divisions".

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