Outgoing president François Hollande announces that Macron will be inaguarated on May 14
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Emmanuel Macron will be inaugurated as France's next leader on Sunday at the Elysee palace, outgoing President Francois Hollande told French television.
Hollande was speaking on the sidelines of a ceremony in Paris yesterday the day after Macron, a pro-EU centrist, won a resounding victory over far-right rival Marine Le Pen.
In the final vote results from the interior ministry, Macron won 66.1 per cent of the vote against 33.9 per cent for Le Pen. Macron received a total of 20,753,797 votes, compared with 10,644,118 for Marine Le Pen, the ministry announced the day after the landmark election.
The abstention rate was 25.44 per cent, the highest since the presidential election in 1969.
French and European citizens wave flags and Europe’s flags to celebrate the defeat of the Front National outside Eiffel Tower. Pics/AFP
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