Macron wins French presidency for the second time, report polling agencies

TIL Desk/World/Paris/ Emmanuel Macron on Sunday won a second term in France’s presidential runoff with 58.2 per cent of the vote, local media has reported quoting projections. The official results will be out later in the day. Macron’s far-right challenger Marine Le Pen won 41.8 per cent of the vote in an election that saw the country’s highest abstention rate in 50 years.

Macron was on his way to the Eiffel Tower, where he will give his victory speech on the Champ de Mars, according to Reports. News agencies have reported that Marine Le Pen has conceded defeat in the presidential runoff. Congratulatory messages poured in from around the world after Macron won the French presidential election.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted his congratulations to Macron in English and French. “Congratulations to @EmmanuelMacron on your re-election as president of France. France is one of our closest and most important allies. I look forward to continuing to work together on the issues which matter most to our two countries and to the world,” Johnson tweeted.

“The victory of Emmanuel Macron in the French presidential election is great news for all of Europe,” Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has said in a statement, according to reports.