Macron re-elected as French voters hold off Le Pen’s far right once more

[DarlinG]

Macron re-elected as French voters hold off Le Pen’s far right once more French President Emmanuel Macron has seen off his far-right rival Marine Le Pen to secure five years more years at the helm of Europe’s second economy. But the narrowing margin of victory and an increasingly polarised nation herald another rocky term for the incumbent, whose success was tarnished by the lowest turnout in half a century.