According to projections, reelected with around 58 percent of the vote, French President Emmanuel Macron gave a victory speech this Sunday (24th) in which he tried to reconcile all voters in the country.
“From now on, I am no longer the candidate of one camp, but the president of all,” Macron said during his victory speech at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
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In his victory speech he tried to mention the different groups of voters:
- those who voted for him to avoid the farright project represented by Le Pen. He explained to this group that he was aware that his election made him the custodian of the bond with the Republic.
- those who abstained. Macron said the “silence” of these voters also has meaning.
- Le Pen voters. sAccording to Macron, he must rule for everyone around him, and anger and disagreement must find answers.
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1 of 2 Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron during their reelection victory speech on April 24, 2022 — Photo: Bertrand Guay/AFP
Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron during their reelection victory speech on April 24, 2022 Photo: Bertrand Guay/AFP
When he quoted Le Pen voters, there was some booing from the audience. Macron urged them to stop: “No one is going to boo, I asked them from the start not to do that,” said the reelected president.
The next five years, he said, will not be a continuation of the first five years.
2 of 2 Emmanuel Macron in his victory speech, April 24, 2022 — Photo: Thomas Coex / AFP
Emmanuel Macron in his victory speech, April 24, 2022 — Photo: Thomas Coex / AFP
Macron has said twice that his project is to turn France into an ecological nation.
“Today you decided on an ambitious project. A European, social and ecological project based on work and creation,” said Macron, before declaring that he hopes to make France “a great ecological nation”.
He also mentioned the Russian invasion of Ukraine: “I will be demanding and ambitious, we have a lot to do. The war in Ukraine is intended to remind France that it must use its voice and the clarity of its decisions and rebuild its strength in all areas, and we will do that,” he said.
Less than 15 minutes after the projections were released, candidate Le Pen spoke. She admitted defeat and declared that the result was still a victory for her political movement.
The challenger also said that the will to defend French has been strengthened and that her supporters have already been declared dead thousands of times, but it was always wrong and that the French political scene is recovering.
The latest polls released on Friday already suggested that the 44yearold República em Marcha (LREM) candidate would beat his 53yearold rival from Reunion Nacional (RN) by a narrower margin than when he was in 2017 was won with 66.1% of the votes.
Five years later, France is not the same country where the centrist first won: social protests marked the first half of Macron’s tenure, a global pandemic disabled millions and the Russian invasion of Ukraine rocked the entire European continent. .
The war at the gates of the European Union (EU) shaped the election campaign, although the main concern for the French is their purchasing power in the face of rising energy and food prices.