Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Macron and Le Pen do rematch of the 2017 French presidential runoff

Within the past forty eight hours, Emmanuel Macron has won France's presidential election. He did fend off a historic challenge from far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. This runoff election on Sunday was a rematch of the 2017 French presidential runoff. Macron took 58.5% of Sunday's vote, while Le Pen got 41% of the remaining vote. This result made him the first French leader to be reelected in 20 years. Macron's second term in office will involve his pro-business agenda. Second, Macron's next term would be a committment to address all of France's current problems. Le Pen delivered a concession speech within a half hour of the first projection. She was speaking to her backers gathered at a pavilion in western Paris' Bois de Boulogne. Macron had to convince voters despite a mixed record on domestic issues. This handling of problems includes the yellow vest protests and the Covid-19 pandemic. Macron's win is a relief for the West. Third, Le Pen is a supporter of former president Donald Trump. She is a supporter of Vladimir Putin. Le Pen's party is National Rally, but she failed in rallying the French people to victory. Her party took out a loan from a Russian-Czech bank several years ago, that it is still repaying. Since Russia invaded Ukraine about 62 days ago, Le Pen has stopped supporting Putin. Le Pen is a lawyer and politician, and she was the far right contender. Fourth, there was group of people that compromised about a 28 percent that did not vote. This number is three percent more than the number in 2017. Macron represents La République En Marche! political party. This party is a liberal political group, which is only six years old. Macron will turn 45 years young in December 2022, and he is one of the founders of La Republique En Marche. At the age of 39, Macron became the youngest president in French history. In this penultimate paragraph, Macron has overseen reforms to labor laws. He has lobbied for reforms in taxation and pensions. He has pursued a renewable energy transition. In foreign policy, he called for reforms to the European Union. France signed bilateral treaties with Italy and Germany, during Macron's short time in power. Macron is an agnostic, which is a suprising revelation. In closing, Macron will have to unite the French people in his second term. See the picture above for a pensive Macron. Macron is a former investment banker who had served as economy minister, under Socialist president François Hollande. Good luck to Macron and the French people.

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