• Emmanuel Macron won the second round of the presidential election this Sunday with 58% of the vote.

  • On the Champ-de-Mars, in Paris, his supporters celebrated the victory.

  • In the entourage of the president, however, we know that the hardest part begins.

At the Champ de Mars (Paris)

“One more time…” The first song chosen by the DJ for Emmanuel Macron's election night, on the Champ-de-Mars in Paris (7th), was certainly not a coincidence.

Because yes, "once again", Emmanuel Macron was elected President of the Republic.

This Sunday, he even became the first President of the French Republic elected twice in a row by direct universal suffrage, without going through a period of cohabitation.

“Once again”, also, Emmanuel Macron was elected against the extreme right of Marine Le Pen.

But with 17 points difference, against 32 in 2017.

“What a beautiful story, who would have believed it!

“Launched Emmanuel Macron to his relatives when he learned of the result.

This Sunday evening, the personalities of the majority present at the Champ-de-Mars wanted to retain the lead of the president over his adversary, more important than all the polls suggested: "Marine Le Pen's political proposal has been rejected from quite clearly,” said Transport Minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari.

A close friend of the President of the Republic considered that the result marked “a clear choice for Europe, for ecology and for youth”.

“He has a clear mandate, the question of legitimacy does not arise.

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Nightclub atmosphere

So there would be no "republican front" in this 58.8%?

“There was a vote of membership in the first round, but I am lucid, there was this Sunday a vote of reason, of people who wanted to block, recognizes Jean-Baptiste Djebbari.

This second-round vote is a summary.

The concern around the 13.5 million votes obtained by Marine Le Pen – a record for the far right – and the more than 28% abstention – a record for more than half a century – returned here or there.

Emmanuel Macron himself mentioned it in his speech.

“We will have to convince all these people,” explains Elisabeth Borne.

But the nightclub atmosphere that reigned on the Champ-de-Mars contrasted with the seriousness that the leaders of the majority sought to display.

The awareness that the hardest part begins is nevertheless there.

"We come out of a terrible ironman [a long-distance multi-disciplinary race] and there, we enter the jungle", describes François Patriat, who believes that "there will be no state of grace".

However, the senator confirms the strong ambitions of the re-elected president: pension reform for the fall, reform of the “deep state” and implementation of the new method of government announced during the campaign, more “co-constructed with the populations. ".

“For all that, we will need a solid majority”: the legislative elections are of course already in the line of fire.

“No election is a formality”, advances, in a very agreed way, Elisabeth Borne, whose name comes up insistently for Matignon.

One thing seems certain: the Castex government still has at least a week to live.

“There will be a Council of Ministers on Wednesday, it is our only horizon…”, confides Jean-Baptiste Djebbari.

According to an adviser to the president, the change of government will take place "between May 2 and May 12".

"Once again", Emmanuel Macron has been re-elected master of the clocks.

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