After months of campaigning, the verdict fell on Sunday: Emmanuel Macron was re-elected President of the Republic, with 58.5% against Marine Le Pen. His re-election is very clear, but his score is down more than 7 points compared to 2017, when Emmanuel Macron was already facing Marine Le Pen. Now, the formation of a new government awaits him. This is the first point of this 18th presidential “Recap” of 20 minutes on video.
Marine Le Pen is therefore defeated but with 41.5%, or 13.2 million votes, the far-right candidate largely beats all the records of her camp. She also describes her result as a “brilliant victory”. That much ? On closer inspection, Marine Le Pen has a mediocre score, below most polls and especially given a very favorable context.
Finally, with the presidential election over, all eyes are now on the legislative elections. The negotiations are launched in all the oppositions and in particular on the left, where the weekend of May 1 could give birth to a great alliance of rebellious France to the Socialist Party via Europe-Ecology – The Greens and the French Communist Party. Short nights will be left in the next few days.