Macron, Well Ahead of Le Pen, Is Poised to Be President of France.
Source: nyt
PARIS — Emmanuel Macron, a youthful former investment banker with little political experience, was well ahead in France’s presidential election on Sunday, suggesting that his call for a new centrist approach to politics would handily defeat the staunch nationalism of his far-right opponent, Marine Le Pen, according to projections based on preliminary results.
Polls closed at 8 p.m. in France, and official results will be tabulated through the night.
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Live: Polls close in most of France, except urban centres
http://www.france24.com/en/20170507-liveblog-live-france-presidential-election-macron-le-pen-second-round-run-off
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Russian hackers!
I like it.
I am looking for him to do great things for France and the world.
The result brought to a close a tumultuous and polarized campaign that defied prediction at nearly every turn, though not at the end. Pre-election polls had forecast a sizable Macron victory, and he appeared to have delivered, with projections issued after polls closed showing him with around 65 percent of the vote.
A downcast Le Pen conceded defeat, telling her demoralized supporters in Paris that the country had “chosen continuty.” Meanwhile, a raucous celebration of Macron backers was getting underway outside Paris’s Louvre Museum.
The outcome will come as a major relief to Europe’s political establishment, which had feared a Le Pen victory would throw in reverse decades of efforts to forge continental integration.
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At least he was able to prevail despite the massive Russian hacking going on there.
Very good that he beat the fascists. 
Maybe not so good that he's a former investment banker who may still think like one and have a neoliberal, supply-side approach to things that favors bankers and profiteers. More than 4 million voted for neither candidate.
You Were Smarter Than Some Americans That Voted For Fascism with Cheeto. Vive La' France!
