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Monday May 8th, 2017 morning edition

image for French election: Le Pen crushed by Macron as he becomes president

Emmanuel Macron crushed his far-right opponent Marine Le Pen in the final round of the French presidential election, with almost all votes counted.

Mr Macron was out-going President Francois Hollande’s former Finance Minister, before quitting to found his own centre-left En Marche!

Outgoing President François Hollande congratulated Mr Macron and said the result showed the French people wanted to unite around the "values of the republic".

Ms Le Pen called her opponent to wish him success in dealing with the "challenges" facing the country, following the early results.

Ms Le Pen picked up a record 7.6 million votes in the first round of the election.

16/20 Supporters of Front National leader Marine Le Pen cheer as early results come in Reuters.

18/20 Front National leader Marine Le Pen takes to the stage to address her supporters as fans cheer Reuters. »

VIDEO. Résultat présidentielle: Sitôt élu, Emmanuel Macron face à de nombreux défis

Authored by 20minutes.fr

Emmanuel Macron a été élu dimanche président de la République, battant largement Marine Le Pen : le candidat d’En Marche !

>> A lire aussi: Jean-Paul Delevoye, diaspora congolaise, et motos-taxis, on a passé la soirée au Brazza, en face du QG de Macron.

Alors que le PS est balayé, la droite veut imposer à Emmanuel Macron une cohabitation, avec François Baroin comme chef de file. »

French election: Emmanuel Macron wins presidency by decisive margin

Authored by theguardian.com

The pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidency in a decisive victory over the far-right Front National leader, Marine Le Pen, and vowed to unite a divided and fractured France.

Despite the wide margin of the final result, Le Pen’s score nonetheless marked a historic high for the French far right.

Le Pen has styled the election as being between her party’s “patriots” and the “globalists” whom she says Macron represents. »

EN DIRECT. Résultat présidentielle: «Emmanuel Macron remporte 90% des suffrages à Paris», selon Anne Hidalgo

Authored by 20minutes.fr
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«Moi, demain, quand Emmanuel Macron voudra augmenter le minimum vieillesse, je considère que c'est une bonne politique, et je la soutiendrai», a explicité la ministre.

Dans l'ensemble de la région, Macron s'impose avec 53% des voix (52,94% très précisément) contre 47% à son adversaire d'extrême droite.

yaura Magic System qui chantera à la soirée électorale de Macron si il gagne pic.twitter.com/o1catGhqfv — soundès (@sovndes) May 7, 2017. »

A Lot of What Is Known about Pirates Is Not True, and a Lot of What Is True Is Not Known.

Authored by neh.gov

Throughout the 1690s, these pirates marauded vessels laden with gold, jewels, silk, and calico on pilgrimage toward Mecca.

Jailbreaks and riots in support of alleged pirates were common throughout the British Empire during the late seventeenth century.

There were less materialist reasons, too, why otherwise upstanding members of the community rebelled in support of sea marauders. »