Author: emmanuellehaziza

Reaction as Macron wins second term – whilst he revels in victory, he must be thinking about how he will unite a broken France. French President Emmanuel Macron won re-election on Sunday with 58% of the vote, compared with 41% for far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. However this election has broken France, less than 40% of the voters, voted for a candidate they wanted, instead, the majority of the turnout was for a candidate, they disliked the least, to prevent the other from coming. Congratulations came flooding in from across Europe and the world. However, Macron faces many challenges ahead,…

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Macron accuses Le Pen’s idea of Europe would mean an end to the EU. French political candidates clash in the final days before the election. The two candidates fighting for the French presidency have launched bitter attacks on each other in a final bid to win over millions of undecided voters before Sunday’s election. Centrist Emmanuel Macron is aiming to become the first sitting president to win a second term for 20 years. Le Pen’s idea of Europe – The end of the EU “This election is a form of referendum, on secularism and on Europe.” He argues Ms Le…

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