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news at ten, live from paris, where emmanuel macron is on course to be re—elected as president of france. speaking in the last hour, he thanked his supporters but said, after recent divisions, he would oversee a new era in france, in which no one would be left behind. earlier, his rival marine le pen conceded defeat but vowed to continue her political career, hailing the improvement in her vote. exit polls which are usually incredibly accurate suggest that mr macron will win a 50% of the vote with marine le pen taking 42%. we will look at what the results mean for france and the rest of the world but first a europe editor katya adler reports on the day's events. emmanuel macron, one of europe's most powerful leaders, clearly reconfirmed tonight. the first french president to be re—elected in two decades. his supporters,
tonight at ten, we're in paris, where emmanuel macron is on course to be re—elected as france's president. mr macron is projected to defeat his far right rival marine le pen, and after a divisive campaign, promised tonight to govern for everyone. translation: our country harbours many doubts — translation: our country harbours many doubts and _ translation: our country harbours many doubts and division _ translation: our country harbours many doubts and division so - translation: our country harbours many doubts and division so we - translation: our country harbours | many doubts and division so we need to be strong but nobody will be left behind. ms le pen, who improved on her vote from the last election, admitted defeat, but vowed to carry on campaigning. translation: this evening french eo - le translation: this evening french peeple have _ translation: this evening french people have shown _ translation: this evening french people have shown that _ translation: this evening french people have shown that they - translation: this evening french people have shown that they want| translation: this evening french | people have shown that they want a strong counterweight to mr macron.
campaign. this is an achievement but no one has lost a presidential race to the far right, so this election was mr macron's to lose. the headline tonight is more than 40% of france seems to have voted for a far right president. seems quoted for the opposite of what mr macron is offering. where does he go from here? he needs to keep his parliamentary majority in parliamentary majority in parliamentary elections injune. secondly, he needs to try and knit together this divided country. he had a bit of him there in that package, saying how this country is filled with fear and divisions, promising no one is going to be left behind. there is a lot of relief among his supporters tonight, but nothing like the energy or excitement there was five years ago and the predominant feeling for many people here tonight was, let's wait and see. ., ~ people here tonight was, let's wait and see. ., ,, i. _ people here tonight was, let's wait andsee. ., _ . ., let's get a final thought
elections in less than two weeks' time. more now on our top story: and the french presidential election which emmanuel macron is projected to have won for a historic second term. let's go live now to paris, and reeta chakrabarti. with me is edouard lecerf, who is the director of french polling firm bva. have been watching developments and with emmanuel macron winning by we think 58.5%, a projected figure, thatis think 58.5%, a projected figure, that is rather less than he won by, five years ago. how would you characterise this victory? it is five years ago. how would you characterise this victory? it is a victory with _ characterise this victory? it is a victory with more _ characterise this victory? it is a victory with more questions - characterise this victory? it is a l victory with more questions than real momentum. of course it is almost incredible in french politics to have an incumbent president re—elected, that is one thing. of
common, to a common history, the national novel that he would have altogether and that is the challenge for the five coming years, very tough times. it for the five coming years, very tough times-— for the five coming years, very tough times. it is an interesting situation and _ tough times. it is an interesting situation and the _ tough times. it is an interesting situation and the questions - tough times. it is an interesting situation and the questions i i situation and the questions i happened to other people this evening, emmanuel macron is not a new kid on the block any more, he's not coming in and saying he will change things, this is the francie has helped create in the last five years. in has helped create in the last five ears. ., has helped create in the last five ears. . .. ., years. in that campaigning in two rounds he said _ years. in that campaigning in two rounds he said i _ years. in that campaigning in two rounds he said i do _ years. in that campaigning in two rounds he said i do not _ years. in that campaigning in two rounds he said i do not want - years. in that campaigning in two rounds he said i do not want to i years. in that campaigning in two | rounds he said i do not want to do another five years. after that. rounds he said i do not want to do anotherfive years. after that. so he really wants to try to be a new president, that is what he says, and you presidency, a new way of making things happen with people. that is the challenge because people have heard emmanuel macron say many things about himself, how he was able to change etc so the challenge is, will he be able to the president
usually willing to give the president a majority back now, this time, with a very low turnout that is expected again, and with the strong forces that appear during the first round and now in the second round, it is going to be a tough game. round, it is going to be a tough came. ., ~' round, it is going to be a tough came. ., ~ ,, round, it is going to be a tough came. . ~ i. round, it is going to be a tough came. ., ~ . round, it is going to be a tough came. . ~ . ., game. thank you so much, good to get our game. thank you so much, good to get your thoughts — game. thank you so much, good to get your thoughts on _ game. thank you so much, good to get your thoughts on that _ game. thank you so much, good to get your thoughts on that and _ game. thank you so much, good to get your thoughts on that and to _ game. thank you so much, good to get your thoughts on that and to take - game. thank you so much, good to get your thoughts on that and to take a - your thoughts on that and to take a look back at today's events in france as emmanuel macron is re—elected for a second term in office, back to you, martine. let's take a look at those scenes. music: love tonight (vintage culture & kiko remix) by shouse translation: this evening french people have - shown that they want a strong counterweight to mr macron. i fear that nothing will be done
this was the central thing around it so she was making vanish everything around it, so it came between the two rounds, and the first round emmanuel macron insisted on that but it also says that, with a population more than 40% of the population being able to vote for her, we can ask ourselves what will be the next step? if you think that 20 years ago marine le pen's father was defeated by 82% by jacques marine le pen's father was defeated by 82% byjacques chirac, then five years ago, emmanuel macron beat her by 66 versus 33, 34, and then now you see the gap narrowing that much so the question is how will emmanuel macron try to convince those who voted for her, some of them were voting for herjust do not vote for macron, how will he convince them to come back to something that is
with our europe editor katya adler, who's with me. congratulations pouring in for mr macron from world leaders tonight — what significance does tonight's result have on an international stage. we had those messages coming in, we heard from borisjohnson. he described france as one of the uk's closed and most important allies. but the biggest audible sigh of relief has been coming from eu leaders. president le pen would have been seen as a threat to the european union, she is a known european union, she is a known european sceptic. it is hard to be more enthusiastic than emmanuel macron. france is the second largest economy in the eu and plays a big leadership role, notjust in brussels but also in native. that is so important with the raging russia ukraine crisis. marine le pen has traditionally close ties to moscow. that had european allies and the united states worried.— that had european allies and the united states worried. tonight, they are very relieved. _
the president, backed by the patriarch, has called it a holy battle against an immoral west. from the other side, the iconography seems clear — president zelensky as ukraine's saviour. translation: our souls are full of fierce hatred for the invaders l and all that they have done. our hearts are full of fierce fury. don't let fury destroy us from within. for ukraine's soldiers, their mission and their meal is blessed, a time to reflect before many head off to the front line in the east, traditions savoured among families divided. is it sad to be separated from your family at easter? maybe a little bit, yes, but it is our duty to defend our country like every man
course, with 58, 58 —— 59%, this core is quite important but at the same time there are two things that makes everyone wonder about what will happen after this. we know that the gap between himself and marine le pen about five years ago was about 10 million votes difference, it is nowjust 5 million votes and you have more than 40% of the population that divided you vote for marine le pen so the question here, on how to rebuild something around that, with a more polarised flange than other so that is a difficult question. you also have to consider that emmanuel macron, when he came in in 2017, he used the effect of destroying the traditional parties, the opposition from left and right, but now he has new opponents, that have built something quite different with the extreme right with marine le pen and also from the left from