Emmanuel Macron has been re-elected as France’s president, defeating Marine Le Pen in the presidential run-off with 58.5 per cent of the vote against Le Pen’s 41.5. His resounding victory against the far-right candidate has been a cause for celebration in the UK and in France, tempered by an awareness that Le Pen’s result is the best ever achieved by the nationalist movement since it was founded by Le Pen’s father in 1972.
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