France’s Emmanuel Macron urges unity in reelection victory speech

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French President Emmanuel Macron celebrated his reelection Sunday by using his victory speech to acknowledge the country’s deep political divisions and the “anger” felt by his detractors.

With 98% of the vote counted, Macron appears to have won his race for a second term with 58% of the vote, beating far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s 42%. Macron, the youngest French leader since Napoleon, is the first French president to win a second term since Jacques Chirac in 2002. The 44-year-old centrist took a unifying tone while speaking to supporters from the Eiffel Tower in Paris Sunday evening, rejecting boo’s from the crowd at the mention of Le Pen and the far-right movement and instead saying, “I am the president for each and every one of you.”

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