French President Emmanuel Macron will emerge victorious in his contentious reelection race, polling agencies projected Sunday. At 8 p.m. French time, local media reported that, based on early results, Macron had won with 57.9% of the vote.
. The bloc was already weakened after Britain withdrew from it two years ago.
Another worry for Macron’s supporters was that far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélanchon, who took nearly 22 percent of vote in the first round of voting two weeks ago, held off on explicitly endorsing Macron. Mélanchon told his supporters only to avoid casting a single vote for Le Pen; liberal voters boycotting the election or casting a blank ballot would accomplish the same result while also hurting Macron.
Since then, however, he’s been dogged by the perception that he’s out of touch with French economic concerns, like inflation and rising gas prices. The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll, all the more since France implemented harsh restrictions, including requiring vaccine passports for public spaces. And Macron had embarked in a high-profile, unsuccessful bid to halt the Russian invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, meeting with Putin at the Kremlin’s almost comically long table.
“I am worried,” added Monica Vammalle. “So many in France are simply voting against Macron, not because they support Le Pen, but because in certain parts of the French public, Macron is hated. They always say he’s arrogant, but I don’t find him arrogant at all. I find him lucid.”
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