En marche! on its way

Newly elected French president Emmanuel Macron (C) (Photo by AFP)

Centrist politician Emanuel Macron has become France’s youngest leader by clinching victory over his far right rival Marine Le Pen in Sunday’s presidential run-off.

The 39-year-old former economy minister and the leader of a party he formed a year ago secured more than 65 percent of the votes. Le Pen’s defeat was a massive relief for those European leaders who were afraid of her nationalist and anti-European Union agenda.

France is one of the founding members of the bloc and a possible Frexit could have more dire consequences for the EU compared to the Brexit. Macron is Pro-EU and he has campaigned on free trade; that translates into better relations with Germany, another founding member of the bloc. Such relationship is said to be the driving force behind the EU’s integration.


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