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Macron will heal 'divisions' after landslide French election win

With the vast majority of the votes counted, the centrist has 65% of the share compared to Le Pen's 35% in Sunday's run-off.

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Le Pen supporters boo results

Supporters of the far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen gathered at her campaign's electoral venue in Paris as partial results of the run-off vote began to come in.

France

Emmanuel Macron: France's youngest president

Emmanuel Macron graduated from one of the world’s most prestigous public administration universities.

France

French election: voters decide between Macron and Le Pen

France is choosing whether to elect its first female leader or youngest ever president .

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French election: voters choose between Macron and Le Pen

France is choosing who will be its next president.

France

Documents leaked onto social media after ‘massive’ hack on Macron campaign

A vast cache of documents claimed to belong to the campaign of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron have been published on social media.

Markets

Oil stabilises, stocks rise on Macron confidence

Oil prices have been on a roller coaster ride from oversupply worries, strong opinion poll numbers for French centrist Macron boosted share prices.

Europe News

EU hopes for Macron win

Charles de Marcilly is the head of the Brussels office of the Robert Schuman Foundation.

France

Macron extends lead on final day of campaign

According to a poll, Macron is expected to win 62% of the votes, compared to 38% for his far-right rival Marine Le Pen.

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Euroviews. The EU balancing act facing Macron

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: a look ahead to the French election

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of all the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

France

Portuguese immigrants show France what successful assimilation looks like

Here in France, the largest foreign community is the Portuguese.

$Final fractious TV debate alienates French voters$

France

Final fractious TV debate alienates French voters

French voters unimpressed by fractious TV debate as election looms

France

Arguments and insults in fiery French presidential debate

It was pure political combat as France’s presidential finalists went head to head in a televised debate on Wednesday, watched by millions.

France

Macron and Le Pen gear up for final TV face-off ahead of presidential vote

With polls suggesting the abstention rate could be the highest ever, around 19 to 22 per cent, the debate could prove crucial for Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen to win over voters.

France

Many Mélenchon and Fillon voters intend to abstain

An internal poll of Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s far-left supporters revealed a significant majority will choose to either abstain or cast a blank ballot in France’s upcoming presidential vote, a move that co

France

Macron causes Polish outrage after claiming a Kaczynski and Le Pen alliance

Emmanuel Macron has further angered Poland after suggesting the leader of Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party is allied with Marine Le Pen.

Greece

France poll: 'Vote Macron' says leftist Greek ex-finance minister Varoufakis

At first gaze, they are unlikely bedfellows.

France

France: Macron denies being under control of banking sector

Emmanuel Macron, the centrist candidate in the French presidential election, has refuted his rival’s claims that he is heavily linked with the banking sector.

France

Emmanuel Macron: why the French find him so hard to vote for

Despite the centrist's poll lead before the French presidential run-off, Macron is threatened by potentially widespread abstention as well as support for Marine Le Pen.