French election

French election 2022: when will next President of France begin term in office? Result time and ceremony date. Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen are vying for ...

Afterwards, the President typically travels up the Champs-Élysées in a procession to the Arc de Triomphe to rekindle the flame of the Unknown Soldier - a symbolic event associated with the President’s position as commander-in-chief of the French military. The new President then enters the Salle des Fêtes, where the President of the Constitutional Council proclaims the official results of the election. After the departure of the former President, France’s new leader usually heads to the Salon des Ambassadeurs where they receive the insignia of the Grand Maître of the National Order of the Legion of Honour. The President’s position in the French political system is akin to that of the Queen here in the UK - although they play a leading role in the country’s political direction and policy. The outcome of this election basically determines whether the new President will be able to accomplish the legislative programme they were elected for. The Constitutional Council - a group of people who act as custodians of the French constitution - will ratify the result by Thursday (28 April) at the latest.

Many of those who chose Mr Macron are believed to have done so to keep out Ms Le Pen because of her extreme views and her links with Russia.

Macron's victory means the status quo of the last five years goes on. "France is one of our closest and most important allies. France and Germany remain the spine of Europe and the French president is likely to continue trying to take a prominent role leading Europe diplomatically. His rival Marine Le Pen would have set France on a collision course with the EU and changed the axis of power in Europe. She even wanted to restore France's alliance with Russia once the Ukraine conflict was over. "In order to avoid the monopolisation of power by a few, more than ever I will pursue my commitment to France and the French people with the energy, perseverance and affection that you know me for." "I fear that the five-year term that is about to begin will not break with the brutal methods of the previous one.

France began voting in a presidential runoff election Sunday in a race between between incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right politician Marine Le Pen.

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'I'm not the candidate of one camp any more, but the president of all of us,' Macron tells supporters at the Eiffel Tower.

“France is one of our closest and most important allies. “What does she want to do? Deport us?” He added: “I will work for a more just society and equality between men and women. And her father got less than 20 per cent against Mr Chirac. no one will be left by the wayside.”

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen are in the runoff to be the next president of France. Find out how the race is unfolding live.

For most of the campaign, it seemed that Macron, the incumbent president, would win comfortably in the second round. The runoff is decided by simple majority of valid votes: if either candidate gets one more vote than the other, he or she is elected. But a surge in Le Pen’s polling in the final weeks made this more doubtful.

French President Emmanuel Macron won a second term in a closely watched race against right-wing rival Marine Le Pen, who has conceded.

French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen faced off in the presidential election's final round.

“I also know that many of our compatriots voted for me today, not to support the ideas that I’m carrying, but to block those of the far right. to make of our country a great ecological nation.” “We will have to be strong but no one will be left by the wayside.” Shortly before wrapping up, Emmanuel Macron argued France must continue to play a leading role in addressing the war in Ukraine in his victory speech tonight. I am the depository of their sense of duty, of their attachment to the Republic, and of their respect for the differences that have been expressed in recent weeks.” “We had the system against us,” said one of them at Le Pen's electoral night, accusing French media of demonizing the right-wing candidate. “There are still lots of divisions, lots of misunderstanding… POLITICO found that the village had become the site of fierce contest between local campaigners vying for control in a region of France long-known as a far-right stronghold. In 2017, Macron won by a larger margin. There are very many of them.” “From now on, I am no longer the candidate of a camp, I am the candidate of all of you,” Macron said. A number of small demonstrations protesting Emmanuel Macon’s re-election have erupted in cities across France tonight.

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The world, if not perhaps the English prime minister, will note France and Europe have just had a vote of confidence in themselves British ambassadors in Paris and French ambassadors in London agree relations between the two countries are at their lowest since Waterloo. Now Macron is back, can Johnson grab the moment to propose a new entente amicale? Macron will be the kingpin of Europe now that Angela Merkel has retired.

European markets will breath a collective sigh of relief on Monday as pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron looked set to win a second term as France's president, ...

Focus will also shift to France's June parliamentary elections. said Frederic Leroux, a member of Carmignac's investment team. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Such estimates are normally accurate but may be fine-tuned as official results come in from around the country. First projections after Sunday's run-off election showed Macron securing around 57-58% of the vote. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

It is the first time a far-right candidate has passed 40 per cent of the vote in a French presidential election.

And her father got less than 20 per cent against Mr Chirac. But his margin of victory looks to be tighter than when he first beat Le Pen in 2017, with some domestic frustrations over his record. Such estimates are normally accurate but may be fine-tuned as official results come in from around the country.

Emmanuel Macron will win France's presidential election, pollsters project, fending off a historic challenge from right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen during ...

"You cannot properly defend the interests of France on this subject because your interests are linked to people close to the Russian power" Le Pen's ability to attract new voters since 2017 is the latest indication that the French public are turning to extremist politicians to voice their dissatisfaction with the status quo. This time, however, Macron had to run on a mixed record on domestic issues, like his handling of the yellow vest protests and the Covid-19 pandemic. These projections, which are based on data from voting stations that close at 7 p.m. in the rest of the country, are usually used by the candidates and French media to declare a winner. Still, Le Pen acknowledged the fact that the far right had never performed so well in a presidential election. Macron is projected to take 58.2% of the vote, according to an analysis of voting data by pollsters Ipsos & Sopra Steria conducted for broadcasters France Televisions and Radio, making him the first French leader to be reelected in 20 years.

European leaders rush to applaud the French president, who defeated passionate Eurosceptic Marine Le Pen.

Their champions, like one teacher I met leaving a polling station in tears on Sunday, are sceptical - to put it mildly and politely - that the next five years of Macron's presidency will be any different. At least compared to his presidential rival. His promised social justice and environmental reforms fell by the wayside. It's notable, looking at their tweets - from the European Commission president, to the Spanish and Portuguese prime ministers and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz - that each and every one of them not only congratulated Macron, but trumpeted the confidence vote in Europe they interpret in his victory too. He'd be socially just, he said, while kick-starting the economy. In his victory speech, held in front of the backdrop of the French flag and the Eiffel Tower, an unusually humble-sounding Macron admitted that his was a divided country, and that he'd do his best to heal those divisions.

Following his victory, Macron vowed to be a president “for all” in a victory speech after exit polls forecast his election win.

Macron will take his modest vote as a mandate to strengthen his political leadership of the European Union post-Merkel: “More Europe”, as he calls it. Bullets hit her arm and she was rushed to the hospital for “urgent treatment”. “France is one of our closest and most important allies. I appreciate his support and I am convinced that we are moving together towards new common victories,” he wrote. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said he congratulated his French counterpart by phone. Mr Macron is often perceived as arrogant and out of touch with ordinary people by his critics. He has been notably dubbed “president of the rich”, especially during the “yellow vest” protests in the country against social injustice. Critics accuse him of destroying worker protections. “I fear the next five years will not break with the contempt and the brutal policies of the last five years and Emmanuel Macron will do nothing to repair the divisions in our country,” she added. Describing himself as “a president who believes in Europe”, he argues that the EU is the way for France to be stronger in a global world. “With crisis on our borders, it is has never been more vital that we remain a beacon of democracy and of hope in our neighbourhood and to the world.”

It was striking. One French voter after another we interviewed ahead of Sunday's presidential election told us: "I'll vote Macron but only to keep Le Pen ...

Their champions, like one teacher I met leaving a polling station in tears on Sunday, are sceptical - to put it mildly and politely - that the next five years of Macron's presidency will be any different. At least compared to his presidential rival. His promised social justice and environmental reforms fell by the wayside. It's notable, looking at their tweets - from the European Commission president, to the Spanish and Portuguese prime ministers and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz - that each and every one of them not only congratulated Macron, but trumpeted the confidence vote in Europe they interpret in his victory too. He'd be socially just, he said, while kick-starting the economy. In his victory speech, held in front of the backdrop of the French flag and the Eiffel Tower, an unusually humble-sounding Macron admitted that his was a divided country, and that he'd do his best to heal those divisions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin among leaders to send congratulatory messages to Macron after his re-election.

Congratulations Emmanuel Macron on your re-election as President. Another great expression of liberal democracy in action in uncertain times. I look forward to our continued close cooperation — including on supporting Ukraine, defending democracy, and countering climate change. “I wish him further success for the sake of the [French] people. France is our oldest ally and a key partner in addressing global challenges. Congratulations to@EmmanuelMacronon your re-election as President of France. France is one of our closest and most important allies. Europe wins,” Sanchez wrote.

Five years after its last presidential election, France today opens its polling booths with the same two candidates on the ballot paper. Emmanuel Macron, the ...

And the other one will be rueing a missed chance, and wondering if their political career has come to an end. Ms Le Pen and Mr Macron are experienced, time-worn politicians, but their views on what to do with the presidency are very different. By the time Sunday ticks into Monday, one of them will have been given a five-year mandate to run this wealthy, powerful and influential country. In all those areas, there have been notable differences between Mr Macron and Ms Le Pen. Beyond that, new information will be released periodically, updating the overall result. A great deal of attention will be placed on the turnout this time around, with plenty of speculation that voters will stay away because they don't particularly like either candidate.

PARIS — Polls have opened in a French presidential election runoff that is being closely followed around the globe for its potential to redefine France's ...

“April 24 is a referendum on the future of France,” Macron told BFM television in a final interview on Friday evening, comparing the stakes — and potential risks of abstentionism — to the 2016 U.S. election and the Brexit vote. Le Pen renamed the party from National Front to National Rally in 2018. It would replace a fervent defender of the E.U. with a longtime critic of the bloc. When Macron faced off against Le Pen five years ago, he beat her by a margin of more 30 percentage points. And, since the surprise success of the Brexit referendum in 2016, few in Europe are willing to count out the unexpected. There’s not nearly the same level of enthusiasm for him as when he first ran in 2017, launching his own centrist political movement and becoming France’s youngest president.

While most countries rely on exit polls to declare elections winners, at the risk of jumping the gun, pollsters in France base their estimates on actual ...

It almost happened after the first round this year as a surge in support for third-man Jean-Luc Mélenchon in urban constituencies saw pollsters rush to adjust their projections after 8pm, bringing him very close to Le Pen’s score. “This means we have to wait for the first polling stations to close at 7pm, whereas exit polls can be worked on throughout the day.” In polling stations sampled by Ipsos and its peers, an official calls the pollster after every 100 ballots counted to report the results. “We also use exit polls in France, for instance to evaluate each candidate’s level of support by age group or profession,” he says. But in what has become a familiar ritual, social media networks will start buzzing hours earlier with rumours of Belgian or Swiss polls claiming to predict the outcome of the election. Unlike in most other democracies, where those projections are based on exit polls, French pollsters base their estimates on ballots that have actually been counted.

French voters to choose between centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right politician Marine Le Pen.

“It’s a stark choice the French face today. They now suggest a Macron victory around the 56-44 percent range. They are seen as Macron’s strong point who did not spare an attack on Le Pen’s close ties to Russia during the presidential debate on April 20.

PARIS–Millions of French were headed to the polls Sunday for the final round of a presidential election that has laid bare deep divisions among voters ...

To some voters, however, Ms. Le Pen is no longer the bête noire of French politics. She also proposed a ban on the Muslim head scarf in all public places, describing the garb as an instrument of Islamist ideology. Since her 2017 loss, Ms. Le Pen has dropped her opposition to the euro, the EU’s single currency, and focused on pocketbook issues, framing her 2022 campaign as a fight against inflation. France has been targeted with terrorist attacks by assailants who cited cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in French media as their motive. Still, polls indicate that Ms. Le Pen and her party have never been closer to power. Still, she says, Mr. Macron’s “door to immigration is too open.” Ms. Le Pen has said Europe’s decisions have only raised the cost of living for French households, hammering on a source of growing public discontent that has helped her climb in the polls over the past month. She also zeroed in on the impact the war in Ukraine was having on France’s economy, particularly the higher fuel prices that affect working-class commuters. Over the past two weeks Mr. Macron’s lead has begun to widen again, with polls suggesting he is ahead by a margin of between 11 and 15 percentage points. Ms. Le Pen has condemned Russia’s aggression. Mr. Macron zeroed in on such proposals in the final stretch of the election, accusing Ms. Le Pen in the national debate of seeking to foment a civil war in a country that has one of Europe’s largest Muslim minorities. Ms. Le Pen has stuck with a political program, however, that seizes on the anxieties that many voters outside France’s largest cities feel about Islam’s place in French society.

A big question is how many of France's 48.7 million voters won't cast ballots because of an aversion to the candidates, a choice often compared choosing ...

but suddenly paused in his speech to address protesters who deployed a banner opposing the privatization of state services. Because on the 24th of April, with another candidate, it will be a different choice.' She responded to criticism that her policies did not hold up under scrutiny. Macron, a former banker depicted by critics as friend to the rich and oppressor of the poor, now says he will consult with unions before deciding on the new legal retirement age. French people cast their ballot for the second round of French Presidential Election at a polling station in Montigny-le-Bretonneux near Paris, France on April 24, 2022 Marine Le Pen, French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party candidate for the 2022 French presidential election, arrives to vote in the second round of the 2022 French presidential election at a polling station in Henin-Beaumont, France, April 24, 2022 French people cast their ballot for the second round of French Presidential Election at a polling station in Montigny-le-Bretonneux near Paris, France on April 24, 2022 'This reform of Emmanuel Macron is a deep social injustice.' French Prime minister Jean Castex leaves the polling booth on his way to cast his ballot for the second round of the Presidential elections at a polling station in Prades, on April 24, 2022 'The French, with Emmanuel Macron, will end up with life,' she said. Members of the public cast their votes at Lycee Voltaire polling station during the final round of the presidential elections on April 24, 2022 in Paris, France French President and candidate for re-election, Emmanuel Macron greets supporters as he arrives to vote in the second round of the 2022 French presidential election, at a polling station in Le Touquet, France, 24 April 2022