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Emmanuel Macron has been declared the President of France after early vote counts:
France has a new president. Emmanuel Macron – an independent centrist who has never held elected office – has won a resounding victory over far-right, nationalist Marine Le Pen in the most important French presidential race in decades, according to early vote counts by the French Interior Ministry.
In early returns, Macron had won an estimated 65 percent of the vote to Le Pen's nearly 35 percent, according to the French Interior Ministry. Le Pen has already called to congratulate Macron and conceded defeat to a gathering of her supporters in Paris.
Also at The Guardian (live), Washington Post, NYT, Reuters, and The Local.
From CNBC: Euro hits six-month high on Macron victory
CNN editorial: Why Macron's victory is reassuring ... and yet not
BBC has an article about Macron's potential choice of Prime Minister.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 08 2017, @12:09AM (2 children)
almost as sad as when the teenagers protested after the first round when their socialist candidate didn't win. I knew then that Le Pen was probably screwed. Good job france, you kept that "far right candidate" from "jeopardizing the democracy" by electing the "independent centrist". Ridiculous. It's xenophobic to not want your country invaded by hordes of muslim, jihadi, rapists and murderers. Oh how the antifas rejoice at their own demise. good little sheep ready for the slaughter.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 08 2017, @03:22AM
You are all sheep. BAAAAAAAA! BAAAAAAAAA! Baaa sheep baaa. Baa go the sheep. YOU SHEEEPL--
Oh shi--! [xkcd.com]
(Score: 5, Touché) by butthurt on Monday May 08 2017, @04:20AM
"She lost. Get over it."