Louis de Raguenel, edited by Gauthier Delomez 2:37 p.m., April 25, 2022

In the aftermath of Emmanuel Macron's re-election, French political life is now divided into three large blocks, from Marine Le Pen to Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

These are three major political sensitivities that reveal a country that is more fractured than ever.

A challenge for the exercise of the power of the re-elected president.

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This is one of the great lessons of Emmanuel Macron's re-election on Sunday evening: after the collapse of the traditional parties in the first round of the presidential election, it is now three blocs that will shape political life.

These are the national bloc of Marine Le Pen, the central bloc of Emmanuel Macron and that of the extreme left of Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

Before evoking a recomposition of the political landscape, it is for the moment a real decomposition with these three blocks which have pulverized everything.

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On Sunday evening, the two historic parties, the Socialist Party and Les Républicains, which occupied a central place in the Fifth Republic, were hardly mentioned or quoted.

A big gap to avoid for Emmanuel Macron

However, the difficulty for these three dominant blocs is that they have almost nothing in common.

It is the symptom of a France fractured as never before.

Emmanuel Macron's voters are elderly, live in cities and most of them earn more than 2,500 euros per month.

On the other hand, the voters of Marine Le Pen, more popular, younger, live in medium-sized cities and the countryside and earn less than 2,500 euros per month.

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The question that now arises for the re-elected president is his ability to govern.

His victory against Marine Le Pen is certainly quite large, but the country seems disordered and more than defiant with regard to politics.

Emmanuel Macron must now deal with his voters in the second round, ranging from the far left of Jean-Luc Mélenchon to the Republicans, and avoid the big gap.

One more challenge for the head of state who promised, without saying more, a revolution in the practice of power.