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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jon Henley in Paris

France divided: what does fractured vote mean for Macron’s second term?

A front-page portrait of Emmanuel Macron is displayed on a news stand in Paris.
A front-page portrait of Emmanuel Macron is displayed on a news stand in Paris. Photograph: François Mori/AP

Whichever way you cut it – and as obvious as the observation may sound – the runoff vote that returned Emmanuel Macron to the Élysée Palace for a second term, with a score of 58.5% to Marine Le Pen’s 41.5%, showed France to be a divided country.

But it’s complicated.

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