French Election 2017: Macron Elected As French President With 65% of The Vote

French citizens took to the polls today to decide who they want the next French president to be.

Macron will become the next French president over Le Pen with over 12 million votes (62%) whilst Le Pen has over 7 million votes (38%). These figures are likely to change as more votes appear.


President Trump in a tweet congratulated Emmanuel Macron for his victory:

Congratulations to Emmanuel Macron on his big win today as the next President of France. I look very much forward to working with him!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 7 May 2017

Marine Le Pen also congratulated Macron in a speech and vows to continue fighting for what she believes. The centrist Macron will become the youngest elected president of France.


Watch Macron's victory speech below:




  What do you think of the result?