{"id":436802,"date":"2022-04-24T21:19:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T18:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/emmanuel-macron-wins-french-presidential-election\/"},"modified":"2022-04-24T21:19:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T18:19:07","slug":"emmanuel-macron-wins-french-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/emmanuel-macron-wins-french-presidential-election\/","title":{"rendered":"#Emmanuel Macron wins French presidential election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ab56ca886d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/emmanuel-macron-wins-french-presidential-election\/#%E2%80%9CEmmanuel_Macron_wins_French_presidential_election%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Emmanuel Macron wins French presidential election&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CEmmanuel_Macron_wins_French_presidential_election%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Emmanuel Macron wins French presidential election&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron cruised to a second term on Sunday, easily defeating right-wing challenger Marine Le Pen amid low turnout levels\u00a0in the country\u2019s runoff election, polling projections showed.<\/p>\n<p>According to preliminary results, Macron received 58.2% of the vote compared to Le Pen\u2019s tally of 41.8%.<\/p>\n<p>The election pitted the centrist incumbent\u00a0against far-right nationalist Le Pen \u2014 an ideological face-off that betrayed\u00a0France\u2019s increasing political divide.<\/p>\n<p>In a concession speech Sunday, Le Pen called her run \u201chistoric\u201d and a \u201cshining victory\u201d over the unprecedented turnout of right-wing voters, CNN reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA great wind of freedom could have blown over our country, but the ballot box decided otherwise,\u201d she told supporters, adding, \u201cthat <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> is not quite over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Le Pen said the results would serve her party, National Rally, well in the upcoming June parliamentary elections, the outlet said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/emmanuel-macron-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"French President and La Republique en Marche (LREM) party candidate for re-election Emmanuel Macron\" class=\"wp-image-22018522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/emmanuel-macron-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/emmanuel-macron-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/emmanuel-macron-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Emmanuel Macron is projected to win re-election for French President.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">LUDOVIC MARIN\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With his victory, Macron becomes the first French president to be elected to a second term in 20 years, CNN said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Macron, 44, had edged out Le Pen\u00a0in the first round of the two-tier election process, with 27.8% of the vote compared to Le Pen\u2019s 23.1%.<\/p>\n<p>Far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon came in third with less than 22% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>The second-round vote on Sunday concluded at 8 p.m. in Paris \u2014 2 p.m. Eastern Time in the US \u2014 with low overall turnout at the polls by French standards.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Interior Ministry, about 63% of French voters went to the polls, down from 65% in the 2017 election, when Macron was elected.<\/p>\n<p>Macron had a slight lead in the polls going into the run-off, with a 51-49 percentage edge, according to one survey. <\/p>\n<p>But political analysts saw the incumbent as vulnerable, and alarmed far-left European Union leaders, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, openly rooted for Macron. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"737\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marine-le-pen-03.jpg?w=737\" alt=\"Marine Le Pen\" class=\"wp-image-22018525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marine-le-pen-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1474 1474w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marine-le-pen-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1106 1105w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marine-le-pen-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=737 737w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marine-le-pen-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=369 368w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/marine-le-pen-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\"\/><figcaption>Marine Le Pen is the leader of the country\u2019s National Rally.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Chesnot\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Le Pen, 53, lost with 33% of the vote in the last election, with Macron trumping her with 66% of the vote. But the French have taken a turn right in the past five years. <\/p>\n<p>Le Pen, the leader of the country\u2019s National Rally, has t<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed into growing discontent among French voters, drawing crowds with anti-immigration and anti-Muslim rhetoric \u2014 including a push to ban Muslim headscarfs. <\/p>\n<p>The right-wing activist has also pushed for more independence from the EU, while Macron has been peddling closer ties with the union. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/french-elections-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Posters of French President and candidate for re-election Emmanuel Macron (L) and French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party candidate for the French presidential election Marine Le Pen (R) are seen next to a polling station for the second round of the French presidential elections at the French embassy in Kigali on  April 24, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-22018527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/french-elections-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/french-elections-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/french-elections-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Emmanuel Macron received 58.2% of the vote compared to Marine Le Pen\u2019s tally of 41.8 percent.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">SIMON WOHLFAHRT\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Le Pen chided Macron during the campaign for the president\u2019s vocal push for sanctions against Russia in the invasion of Ukraine, warning about the economic cost back home in France. <\/p>\n<p>France\u2019s two-step voting system still relies on paper ballots and does not allow absentee ballots or early voting \u2014 an approach that has irked critics.<\/p>\n<p>Voters are largely required to show ID and place their paper ballots in a box. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/emmanuel-macron-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Emmanuel Macron adresses voters during a political meeting on April 16, 2022 in Marseille, France. \" class=\"wp-image-22018532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/emmanuel-macron-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/emmanuel-macron-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/emmanuel-macron-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Emmanuel Macron adresses voters during a political meeting on April 16, 2022 in Marseille, France. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Aurelien Meunier\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Only about 60 towns out of 35,000 French municipalities use voting machines, an experiment that was halted when the purchase of the machines were stopped in 2008 over security concerns. <\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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