Macron wins France's presidential election.

[Swede]

Thank fuck.

https://www.tdg.ch/des-milliers-de-francais-de-suisse-appeles-aux-urnes-904006015940

[tenderfoot]

1. Oui

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[BlueGreenLady]

3. Dieu Merci!

[UTUSN]

20. K&R for *58%*!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jim__]

2. Yes!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

4. WHEW!

[jrthin]

13. Felt the same relief. nt

[hermetic]

5. What a relief!

[hedda_foil]

6. Emmanuel Macron is re-elected president for five years

Emmanuel Macron was re-elected President of the French Republic on Sunday. He won the second round of the presidential election with between 58 and 58.2% of the vote against Marine Le Pen (41.8 to 42%), according to estimates published by television.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Yeah

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[dalton99a]

22. +1

[Marius25]

8. Now Macron needs to address the issues that gave rise to Le Pen

The far-right is gaining ground every election in France. This is their best result ever.

[drray23]

42. In his victory speech it was in fact a strong theme

He explicitly said just that.

[JohnQFunk]

9. Looks like he beat Marine "Putin's Poodle" LePetomane by a solid margin.

[Emile]

10. Thank goodness! The fascist lost!

[Takket]

11. well done, France!!!

[Novara]

12. Whew.

Thank you, France, for not fucking it up.

[Takket]

14. yeah but.........

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yeah but.......... how will they know who really won until they check the electoral college? does 58% mean anything?

[GoneOffShore]

33. As you may know, that's not how it works here.

And SubMarine (she sunk) has conceded.

[Ocelot II]

15. Dieu merci pour ca! Will TFG claim it was rigged?

[Native]

16. Hallelujah!

[Lunabell]

17. Not even a close race!!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!

[GoneOffShore]

34. Unfortunately the highest abstention rate in 50 years.

Now the parliamentary races in June.

[onecaliberal]

18. Not even close.

Thank goodness.

[gratuitous]

19. Yeah, that was a walloping

Kind of makes the doom-and-gloom prognostications I was seeing this week look . . . ignorant. Or perhaps something a little less wholesome.

[onecaliberal]

21. It's the same bullshit they do here.

[lunatica]

23. We should take a little bit of credit for that

The world has every right to see our near death of Democracy history. Personally I feared it wouldn’t.

Sometimes even a bad example is a good example!

[FakeNoose]

28. Yes we demonstrated to the French voters what happens

... when you stupidly elect a pawn of Putin. But Chump is gone and we're on the road to recovery now. Our friends in France just avoided all those headaches.

[lunatica]

29. Exactly!

Some people can learn much by observing!

[GoneOffShore]

35. Not entirely avoided. Macron, despite being reelected, is not super popular among the younger voters

[drray23]

43. indeed. I am watching live French TV

and most commentators are making this very point. They were explicitly referencing the horror that was Trump and Brexit too. France was not willing to embark in an adventure after seeing the consequences in the US and the UK.

[llashram]

24. thank the fates!!!

[paleotn]

25. 58 to 42 is closer than I'd like, but I'll take it.

Seems Vichy France is alive and well. Then again, so is Amurka, we've no room to talk.

[Crunchy Frog]

46. Much better than I was fearing.

If a Dem won here by that much it would be an overwhelming victory.

At any rate I'm relieved.

[sarge43]

26. Merci France

Well done.

[gab13by13]

27. All I can say,

another loss for Putin. That invasion was a bad idea. How much money did Putin pour into Le Pen?

[Mr. Sparkle]

30. Center right vs Far right

That was a tough vote if you were a liberal in France. You ended up voting for the lesser of two evils.

[CottonBear]

31. Phew! Merci France. 🇫🇷

[Sympthsical]

32. I don't get why people thought this would be remotely close

Is it the media? The need for a story? "Stay tuned, we don't know what will happen next!" Tons of articles about if Le Pen wins.

Ok, but it's France. Nearly every election you have a bajillion candidates from the center to the left dividing the vote, so the Right gets someone in with a rather small percentage.

Then the run-off comes, and all those lefties and centrists coalesce around the not crazy right-winger.

It wasn't even a mild possibility Le Pen would win. But people seemed to think so.

[Demovictory9]

39. Freepers expect foul play

[Paladin]

45. Yeah, the NYT opinion scribes must be in mourning. (nt)

[bluestarone]

36. Big win for Macron.

I look at it like 1 win for France and 3 loses for (POOTY (TFG Pooty,Le Pen)

[Demovictory9]

37. good

[fishwax]

38. that is definitely a relief

[liberalla]

40. Good news! So glad to see this!

[Cha]

41. Vive la France!

💙💛

[world wide wally]

44. I hated to even imagine what would have happened if LaPen won.

Would she have wanted to suddenly start shipping weapons to Putin for Ukraine?

[Blue Owl]

47. Putin and tRump can go fuck themselves