French President Emmanuel Macron has won re-election, but rival Marine Le Pen had the best showing ever for a far-right candidate in a presidential runoff.
The centrist Macron won with more than 58 percent of the votes, while Le Pen garnered 41 percent.
中道派のマクロン大統領は58%以上の得票率で当選しました、一方でルペン氏は41%を獲得しました。
(Emmanuel Macron / French President)
“Now I am no longer a candidate in the single camp, but a president for all the people. I have to find one answer to the anger and differences of opinion that led people to vote for far-right forces.”
Macron had campaigned on his achievements, including measures taken against the coronavirus pandemic, as well as his response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Marine Le Pen criticized the government's handling of surging prices of goods such as fuel. She pledged to take economic measures to raise people's living standards.