DarlinG
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Emmanuel Macron: A meteoric rise and a rocky road to re-election Emmanuel Macron won office in 2017 running as an independent centrist and an ambitious reformer. The youngest president elected in France's modern political era, Macron's rise to the Élysée Palace atop a fledgling party he had founded himself was swift and iconoclastic. But the road to his second term, five years pockmarked with unprecedented crises, was no smooth ride. Re-elected on Sunday night after facing down Marine Le Pen once again, Macron, divisive as ever, has fresh challenges ahead.