Trump congratulates Macron in post-election call: White House

Europe faces more tests ahead.

Macron urged the French to embrace rather than reject globalisation.

“The French have elected a new president and opted for continuity”.

In the first protest against his policies, several thousand people demonstrated in Paris, chanting “anti-capitalists” as they marched through the capital.

“It’s a defeat”, Mallard said”, it’s a resounding defeat”.

When Emmanuel Macron took that long dramatic walk to give his victory speech in front of the Louvre, it wasn’t the French national anthem that was playing over and over.

One banner said: “Welcome Macron. We will have your skin”. France remains in a state of emergency courtesy of terrorism, the economy is stagnant and the battle now is between the Macron “globalists” and the Le Pen “patriots”.

“China stands ready to work with France to move the strategic Sino-French partnership to a higher level, ” Xi said in a congratulatory note, according to the Chinese foreign ministry.

Parliamentary elections are due in the country in June.

If opinion polls are right, Macron may actually end up having a parliament largely sympathetic to his agenda at a time when the European economy _ and the French one in particular _ appear to be gaining momentum.

The FN holds just two parliamentary seats now, but is hoping to increase that number to 20 following the presidential election.

“I am happy with the result of Emmanuel Macron being elected president, which constitutes a veritable relief for all our nation and for the Jewish community of France”, Joel Mergui, the president of the Consistoire, wrote Sunday evening in a statement by his group, which is responsible for providing religious services to Jews. India hopes that the Election Emmanuel Macron proves mutually beneficial for each other. “Because he’s not backed by an already established party”, Rey told VOA.

But he has the backing of Europe.

Trump congratulated Macron on his victory during a telephone call on Monday, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated the importance of the election outcome.

“They told us we would be no worse off, when the pound’s value has fallen by over 10 per cent since the referendum”.

Defeated US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who like Macron had her campaign hacked, tweeted: “Victory for Macron, for France, the European Union, & the world”.

The day also marked decades of peace in western Europe, something Macron made a cornerstone of his campaign against Le Pen’s brand of nationalist populism. The 34% that Le Pen won is double the support her father attracted when he campaigned on an ultraright National Front ticket in 2002.

“It’s a fantastic score”.

Her party’s final result, however, marked a historic high for the French far right, and secured her a solid place in her country’s political sphere.

National Front leader Marine Le Pen addressing activists at the Espace Francois Mitterrand in Henin Beaumont, France, April 23, 2017. In that contest, Jean-Marie Le Pen received 17.8 percent in losing to conservative Jacques Chirac, who got more than 82 percent.

Whatever Le Pen’s defeat means for populism’s long-term future, Macron’s victory can not disguise the fact that France remains a deeply-riven society on a number of issues and those divisions are not going to go away anytime soon. “They want protection. They want borders”, said Mayer.