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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, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 08 2017, @08:54PM
Terrorism is NOT normal. Japan has none.
Japan has about two dozen refugees. Japan has roughly a thousand muslims, and the government monitors them all. Japan stopped bringing people in after a few rapes; the safety of Japan takes priority over being nice to non-Japanese.
The kids are safe. They walk alone for miles at preschool age. Aside from photos and minor touching, the women are safe. (no real harm)
Meanwhile, in the multi-cultural world, we are not safe. It's not just big terrorist productions; regular immigrant crime matters too.