France's president-elect Emmanuel Macron has promised to "fight the divisions that undermine France," after defeating far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.

French presidential election May 2017 – full second round results and analysis. France elections 2017 Image copyright AFP Image caption How did a 39-year-old with a new party who has never before been elected win the French presidency? Dahinter lagen Fillon (17 bis 20 Prozent), Mélenchon (14 bis 15 Prozent) und Hamon (8 bis 11 Prozent). Emmanuel Macron has swept to emphatic victory in France’s presidential election, clinching 66 per cent of the vote to beat far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. Emmanuel Macron, the independent pro-European centrist, emerged victorious from the presidential election against Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Front.

France elections 2017 Image copyright AFP Image caption How did a 39-year-old with a new party who has never before been elected win the French presidency?

Voters in France chose Emmanuel Macron to be their next president. Dahinter lagen Fillon (17 bis 20 Prozent), Mélenchon (14 bis 15 Prozent) und Hamon (8 bis 11 Prozent). The 2017 legislative election was the first held after the legal abolition of the dual mandate in France in 2014; deputies will no longer be allowed to concurrently serve in local government, frequently as mayors, upon election to the National Assembly. L'élection présidentielle française de 2017, onzième élection présidentielle de la V e République et dixième au suffrage universel direct, est un scrutin permettant d'élire le président de la République pour un mandat de cinq ans, se déroulant les dimanches 23 avril et 7 mai — et par dérogation les 22 avril et 6 mai dans plusieurs territoires hors métropole. März 2017 konnte Macron immer häufiger mit Le Pen gleichziehen oder sie überholen.