In the second round of Presidential elections in France, the French people have decided to choose 39-year-old Emmanuel Macron over far right leader Marine Le Pen to rule the French Republic for the next five years.
His task is not going to be an easy one because he will have the task of restoring political stability in the French Republic.
Macron resigned from the Socialist party government in January 2016, where he served as Economy Minister, saying, the need for government solidarity, prevented him from contributing to the big national debates he said France should engage in.
It’s the first time that one of France’s two major political parties are not leading the nation.
In the first round of the elections held on the 22nd of April, eleven candidates were in the race and both the Socialist party candidate Benoit Hammon, and the Republican candidate, Francois Filion, did not make it to the second round.
The blank and spoilt ballots were 9%, a record for a presidential election.
In the overseas departments, where voters cast their ballots one day earlier, because of the time difference with mainland France, results also came out with Macron winning 64.4% over Le Pen 35.6%.
There was a 46.4% abstention rate.
In Guadeloupe, Emmanuel Macron won 75.1% and Marine Le Pen, 24.9%.
The embarrassing factor for the French overseas departments is the number of votes that Le Pen’s Party, the National Front got, 315.000 to almost 570.000 for Emmanuel Macron.
Le Pen’s Far-Right National Front party has been campaigning against the European Union, threatening to pull France out of the Union and restore the use of the French franc.
The party has forever been campaigning against immigrants, threatening to deport foreign nationals from France, even persons who are not born in mainland France, even if they came from the French departments.
Macron will be working alongside the out-going President, Francois Hollande over the next few weeks, while he puts his government together, which will include candidates from the other parties who supported him in the second round.
The next challenge is the legislative elections coming up in June, where voters will once again head to the polls to select those who will be members of the French National Assembly.
I expected that Martinique nationals voted. There was no mention of that country.
The people of France will soon experience what their younger President is capable of doing for them. Do not sing his praises yet, if any, until then.
did you see french guiana mentioned? or any of the other overseas departments of france? france does not even care with these little islands under them. a lot of these people had already vowed not to take part in this elections because of the lack of consideration that france is showing them.
It was always said that, French people do things back to front but that does not appear to be the case when it comes to their Presidential election. Unlike in the U.S where Marine La Pen would be declared the winner,even with 33% of the vote, half that of Mr. Marcron….
It would be said, The college did that…gave her victory…She has the college…He has the popular…
At lest the French are not that back to front….They appear to be more straight forward…
Macron is 64 years old check the records.
It’s his wife that’s 64, he is 39. She use to be his Drama teacher when they first fell in love. They have been Married for twenty something years now. Check the facts before you comment.
Macron is 38 and his wife Brigitte is 64.
Vive la Jeunesse!
to young, he will steal
WoW!! nice.. He looks quite humble and i trust he will do a splendid job!! God Bless the new PM. #ILoveFrance
Such a bold step by Macron. Wishing the young man well as he works to strengthen France. Macron has put together some strong policies, even planning to cut corportate tax by almost 10%.
By the way, the grassroots way is the best way, Skerrit taught us that!
She threatened mass deportation of her own French people because they weren’t born on mainland France? How shallow! And she expected to win?