The French president has faced down the challenge from the far right to win a second term. But he returns to office as president of a deeply divided country, says Angelique Chrisafis
Emmanuel Macron was re-elected to the French presidency on Sunday night after beating the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the final round of voting. But Le Pen took more than 40% of the vote in what Macron has conceded is a deeply divided country.that the result was greeted with a wave of relief around the European Union, with Macron returning to a key role in the response to the crisis in Ukraine.
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