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All these dark bits especially in the northern france are where she did incredibly well. so what does that say now for the future? for macrons project as a second term president. >> it was a remarkable speech from macron. he was victorious but he was very sober. a very different macron from the young man who burst on the scene age 39 to become president five years ago. he recognized that theres a lot of anger in the country. and he recognizes that hes appeared aloof and arrogant at times and did...

Even close to a majority in the parliament. it can get more seats than it has now. its unlikely to be a national assembly that is as dominated by macrons party as now. it will be more difficult for him to govern. its going to be more difficult because tlgs theres a lot of anger and the people who dislike him tend to dislike him very vehemently. so hes got a lot of difficult obstacles to over come. never theless it was an extraordinary victory. no french pet has been reelected since 2002. the fre...

The 2022 french presidential election now over with celebrations for emmanuel macron after he secured a reelection victory. we look back now at this historic campaign. >> i think its important to do ones duty as a citizen. the future of democracy is at stake, and i dont want to fall into a farce. i think its important to go and do your duty as a citizen, even if you dont necessarily agree with all of the candidates. we can and must block certain candidates. >> translator: france gave us everythi...

At putin and youre talking to your banker. >> right. he said russia is your banker. because of the loan she took out in 2014. and never actually paid back in full to date. she says she was free anyway and independent. and the she owed russian money made no difference. a lot of people are not convinced by that. >> the president of the united states is obviously congratulated macron. hes a well known quantity. he supports obviously democracy. and i say that because biden did refer to that. somethi...

>> so joining me now here in paris, cnn european affairs kmem ta tor. teacher of european affairs at ucla. welcome. so the two comments that we just played probably lay the table for the future. macron acknowledging that yes, a lot of people essentially held their nose to vote for him. and she not really conceding and saying actually a large group of french voters have shown their disaffection with europe and european project. that was part of what she said last night. >> shes defending the thir...

The world. european and nato allies breathing an audible sigh of relief. writing on twitter in this world we need a solid europe and a france totally committed to a more sovereign and more strategic european union. the german chancellor tweeted that french voters had quote sent a strong commitment to europe and happy to continue good cooperation. sholz and macron spoke by phone on sunday. the u.s. president called france americas oldest ally. and key partner on twitter on sunday. he said he look...

Their headline is -- this is really interesting the way they have done it. essentially theyre saying thank you to who? and theyre saying thank you to the voters of france who did a huge leap fordemocracy. and to band together in a kind of coalition to prevent the far right taking these elections. so is that coalition de facto exists. whether its holding its nose or not, does that make macrons job easier or more difficult to build going forward? >> i think building forward is an uphill struggle. ...

Speak out, show the clarity of choices and build and strengthen all areas and we will do so. we will also need my friends to be kind and respectful. our country is full of so many doubts. so many divisions. so we will need to be strong. but no one will be left behind. >> now, le pen admitted that macron won. there was no generous or gracious concession speech. but indeed she said that she would continue to fight and do everything she can to portray sundays vote as a victory for her party. >> som...

Revealed her credentials and drove macrons message home. this time around it was the conflict in ukraine. and yet again her foreign policy connections and fact is shes on the wrong side of history. to be nato phobic. at this moment in european history, it was simply disqualifying and helped macron. >> not only that, somewhat antiu.s. as well. she doesnt like what putin calls the polar u.s. led world. president biden delivered a full throated endorsement and congratulations to macron. because for...

Europe really since the war. can we take that aspect of macrons win first. the international aspect. what would it have meant had le pen won? >> i think at this moment with the war in europe, to have a french president like le pen who is antinato, antieu. who would have provided a breech for vladimir putin to work with and create trouble in europe. shes a long time friend, sympathizer with vladimir putin. visited the kremlin in 2017. during the last campaign. and has been persistently pro-russia...