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Paris (AFP) - Pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron resoundingly won France's landmark presidential election, first estimates showed Sunday, heading off a fierce challenge from the far-right in a pivotal vote for the future of the divided country and Europe.The victory caps an extraordinary rise for the 39-year-old former investment banker, who will become the country's youngest-ever leader.He has promised to heal a fractured and demoralised country after a vicious campaign that has exposed deep economic and social divisions, as well as tensions around identity and immigration.
THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT SHOULDN’T BE CHEERING There is much celebration on the American left today about the defeat of French nationalist Marine Le Pen in the past weekend’s elections. Following the dual shocks of Brexit and Donald Trump’s 2016 victory, Western Liberals were feeling rather snakebit. Had Le Pen somehow overcome a pre-election polling deficit of more than 20 points to have defeated Emmanuel Macron, you would have seen something of a collective nervous breakdown. But she lost, as predicted, and from Paris to Manhattan to Washington to San Francisco a mild shudder of pleasure met the result. This is not entirely unlike the response to the various stumbles and ongoing foibles of Trump and his fellow Republicans in Congress.
