Emmanuel Macron was elected as the new President of France, after winning 65.1% of the vote in the second round of the French presidential elections, while the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen got 34.9%, according to initial projections.
The election’s runoff was held on Monday between the two candidates who got the highest votes in the first round in which Macron came first with 24.01%, followed by Le Pen with 21.3%. The centrist 39-year-old politician will be the youngest president in French history.
