Macron is elected President of France

The presidential election in France was won by a liberal centrist, the leader of the movement "Forward!" Emmanuel Macron. According to official figures, in the second round, Macron scored 66.1 percent of the vote, the leader of the ultra -right National Front Marine Le Pen - 33.9 percent. The turnout amounted to 74.6%, this is an extremely low indicator for the second round. According to preliminary data, the record share of voters - 11.5 percent - spoiled or lowered an empty bulletin into the urn; These votes are not taken into account when counting.

Macron thanked the French for trust and promised to unite the nation in the face of current challenges and threats. He emphasized that he understands the anger of fellow citizens, who ensured a significant percentage of votes to "extremist" forces. He sees his task in fighting fear, returning France "Optimism and Military Spirit."

Later, Macron spoke to the thousands of his supporters , gathered on the Esplanade in front of the Louvre. He promised first of all to "protect the republic." Macron went to the rostrum to the sounds of the "ode to the joy" of Beethoven - the anthem of the European Union.

The first foreign leader to congratulate Macron on the victory was the British Prime Minister Teresa May.

Le Pen congratulated her opponent on the phone. Soon after the announcement of the results, she made a short speech in which she recognized the defeat, but noted the “historical and powerful” result of the national front, which provides it with the status of a “leading opposition force”. According to Le Pen, big changes are waiting for the party. Later, the Vice President of the NF Florian Filippo said that the party will be renamed.

The result of Le Pen in the current presidential election is the largest electoral success of the National Front. 10 million French people voted for her - twice as much as for her father Jean -Mar Le Pen in the 2002 presidential election. Marin Le Pen promised to continue the struggle in the upcoming parliamentary elections in June.

39-year-old Macron will become the youngest in history by the President of France. Official results will be announced on May 10, the ceremony of transferring powers from the current President Francois Hollande will be his successor on May 14. On Monday, Macron, along with Hollande, will take part in the solemn ceremony at the triumphal arch in honor of the anniversary of Victory in World War II.

In total, France has 47.5 million voters. According to commentators, in the second round, a significant number of Frenchmen who do not share macron software installations supported him in order to prevent the ultra -right ones. In the ballots there is no column "against all."

During the campaign and on television battles, Le Pen called Macron the protege of the current President Francois Hollande and the world financial elite, accusing him of abandoning French identity. Macron, in turn, proved the incompetence of Le Pen in economic matters and drew attention to the reactionary nature of her political program.

Macron is a supporter of European integration, but he is convinced of the need for the reform of the European Union. His program also has internal reforms, including simplification of the pension system. In relations with Moscow, Macron promised to show firmness.

Le Pen offered the rejection of Eurorality and the exit from the EU, as well as a radical restriction of immigration. The NF candidate made the election program of the left -throe of the left -Puli. Le Pen tie close relationships with the Kremlin. She received financial support through the mediation of the special representative of Putin, a month before the first round of elections she met with the Russian president. Le Pen advocates the recognition of the annexation of Crimea and the lifting of sanctions from Moscow.

The prospects of reforms proposed by Macron depend on whether he will be able to form the majority in the National Assembly following the results of the June elections.

The first tour of the presidential election took place on April 23. Macron scored 24 percent of the vote, Le Pen - 21.3 percent. The third and fourth places were taken by the candidate from the "Republicans" by Francois Fiion and the ultra-lady leader "rebellious France" Jean-Luke Melanshon. Fiion and Socialist Benoit Amon called on his supporters to give the vote to Macron, another participant in the first round - the right politician Nikolai Dupon -Anyan - supported Le Pen and, in case of her victory, was to head the government. For the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic, representatives of the two largest parties - "Republicans" and socialists did not enter the second round.

On the day of the election, the Paris prosecutor's office began an investigation into the e -mail of the macron headquarters . On Saturday night, 9 gigabytes were posted in the Emleaks account on the Pastebin service, the correspondence link appeared on Wikileaks Twitter. Metadata of published files contain information by Cyrillic, including the name of Georgy Petrovich Roshki, a programmer of the Russian company Eureka, which produces computing equipment and software for the Russian Ministry of Defense and the FSB.