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French President Emmanuel Macron has been re-elected.
The centrist President Macron won another runoff with the far-right National Coalition candidate Marine Le Pen after five years, and became the first president in 20 years to be re-elected.
By Kim Yong-cheol, staff reporter.
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Major French polling organizations estimated that President Macron would get 57-58% of the vote and Le Pen would get 41-42% of the vote.
Macron, who set the record as the youngest president in history, became the first president to be re-elected in 20 years after former President Jacques Chirac.
[Emanuel Macron/President of France: Today, on April 24, the majority of France chose me as president for the next five years.]
The gap in the votes between President Macron and Le Pen, estimated by polling organizations, is 16 percentage points. It was only half of the 32 percentage points five years ago.
The far-right National Coalition Candidate Marine Le Pen has admitted defeat and has said he will accept the election results.
[Marine Le Pen/National Union Candidate: A huge wave of freedom could arise.
But the fate of the ballot box was different.
I admit it.]
European leaders immediately issued a message of congratulations on the election of Macron, who defeated Le Pen, who had shown favorable attitude to Russian President Putin.
The election of a centrist President Macron amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine is expected to help stabilize the European Union and France.