Macron’s won the election — but has woken up to riots and a splintered country. As more elections loom in June, will this next era bring Gilets Jaunes or relative tranquilité?
Just before 9pm on Sunday evening, the last rays of sunshine above the Trocadéro illuminated the crowd of Emmanuel Macron’s supporters, who had gathered at the foot of the Eiffel Tower to celebrate the president’s re-election with more than 58 per cent of the vote. Glowing in the twilight sunset were the young and not-so-young faces of Parisians who, in the French capital alone had given the 44-year-old Centrist candidate 85 per cent of the votes.
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