Emmanuel Macron Re-Elected President of France, Beating Far-Right Candidate Marine Le Pen
24.04.2022 - 23:01
/ variety.com
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentEmmanuel Macron, the incumbent President of France, has been re-elected for a second term, beating far-right candidate Marine Le Pen with a projected 58.2% of the vote. Le Pen, the leader of the Rassemblement National party, got an estimated 41.8% of the vote, according to the Ipsos-Sopra Steria polling institute.Macron, a 44-year old, pro-E.U.
centrist candidate and leader of the En Marche party, is the youngest president of the fifth republic and first president to be re-elected for a second mandate since 2002, when Jacques Chirac won over Le Pen’s father Jean-Marie Le Pen with 82.21 % of the vote.An estimated 28.2% of registered voters didn’t go to the polls, marking the highest abstention rate in a presidential run-off since 1969, according to the news website France 24. In her concession speech, Le Pen vowed to “pursue (her) commitment for France and the French” and “lead the National Rally’s next electoral battle, June legislative elections.” This marks Le Pen’s second consecutive loss in a run-off presidential election.Jean-Luc Melenchon, a far-leftist candidate who was a favorite among many people in France’s film industry, also weighed in to say that he will campaign to win a majority during the legislative elections and become prime minister.
Melenchon, who was defeated with 21.95 % of the vote during the first round of the presidential election, had called on his supporters to not give a single vote to Le Pen but had elected against encouraging them to go vote for Macron.Macron’s win has been greeted with great relief by France’s entertainment industry players who voiced their concerns over the threat of a win by Le Pen. In the wake of the first round, more than 400
.
The website celebfans.org is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can
send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.