MACRON. Emmanuel Macron is back for a second term after his presidential victory last night. The Head of State should present his new Prime Minister shortly, Jean Castex having promised to resign in the event of the re-election of the outgoing President.
09:21 – Gabriel Attal feared the worst in terms of abstention
With 28% abstention, many voters turned away from the second round of the presidential election. Gabriel Attal recognizes a “significant but I do not believe record” abstention rate, as if to further legitimize Emmanuel Macron’s victory. He adds that given the low participation rates recorded in the last local elections, “one could fear the worst”.
09:14 – Bruno Le Maire defends a “great victory” and the membership vote for Macron
It costs Bruno Le Maire to recognize the large share of the “dam” vote which carried Emmanuel Macron to the second round of the presidential election. “It’s first of all a great victory”, launches the minister who prefers to concentrate on the existence of membership votes. However, it is impossible to evacuate the discontent of the voters: the “democratic dissatisfaction” and the “message of anger” from millions of French people. “Our duty, our absolute responsibility is to also respond to these millions of our compatriots who are worried”, assures Bruno Le Maire on Franceinfo.
09:09 – “we must change the way we govern”, pleads Bruno Le Maire
Bruno Le Maire’s turn to recognize that a change of method is necessary at the Elysée and the government. “Of course we have to change our way of governing,” said the Minister of Economy on Franceinfo this morning. The one who nuanced Emmanuel Macron’s victory last night is reviewing his speech this morning: “I do not consider that the nearly 19 million French people who voted for Emmanuel Macron said to him: ‘it’s great, we continue, everything is fine'”. Bruno Le Maire calls for “more listening” without advocating frequent recourse to the referendum, “we must find simpler and lighter means of consulting than the referendum”, he believes, referring to the Great Debate organized during the Yellow Vests crisis.
09:02 – Macron wants to “go much further, much stronger”
Message has gone from insisting on the new way of governing promised by Emmanuel Macron. This morning at the microphone of BFMTV, Gabriel Attal indicated the desire of the re-elected president to “go much further, much stronger.” “We want to invent a new method to involve the French more widely around major projects: health, education. Build as close as possible to the field”, continues the government spokesperson, dangling what could be the priorities of the new mandate of Emmanuel Macron.
08:55 – When will the pension reform be implemented?
The day after the victory, the sensitive points of Emmanuel Macron’s program returned to center stage, in particular the subject of pension reform. Asked about this point, Elisabeth Borne once again defended the project of the outgoing and re-elected president but recalled that “there is an important place for consultation”. As for the timetable envisaged for the implementation of the reform, “Emmanuel Macron does not lock himself in the first 100 days but this reform is necessary, it will indeed have to be carried out”, implying quickly, explains the Minister of Labor.
08:48 – Soon to be appointed to Matignon? Elisabeth Borne evades the question
Guest of RTL, this morning the Minister of Labor Elisabeth Borne who seems favorite to be appointed to Matignon evacuates the subject. “That’s not the question, she believes. What is important is that we implement Macron’s program and that we react very quickly to the expectations of the French”, refocuses the minister.
08:43 – A female Prime Minister, Emmanuel Macron’s wish?
The appointment of the new Prime Minister must take place in the coming days and according to the Secretary of State for European Affairs Clément Beaune: “Emmanuel Macron of course wishes for a female appointment to Matignon. But we must not summarize the whole of the political situation in the post of Prime Minister”. Among the female names regularly cited is that of Elisabeth Borne, Minister of Labour, and Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank and former Minister of the Economy.
08:38 – Emmanuel Macron must “hear the anger”
“This vote obliges me”, admitted yesterday Emmanuel Macron, this morning on BFMTV the Minister Delegate for Industry Agnès Pannier-Runacher also believes that the result of the presidential election “is a choice that commits us”. She admits that Emmanuel Macron “must hear the anger” and “appease the country”.
08:32 – A victory but above all “fractures that we must respond to”
Despite the victory, Emmanuel Macron and his teams cannot ignore the 41% of voters who voted for the far right and the 28% of abstainers who did not choose Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the presidential. Elisabeth Borne, Minister of Labor, mentioned these figures in addition to the French who voted for Emmanuel Macron reluctantly this morning on RTL explaining that “we must, in the coming weeks, respond to these French people, to convince her”. “There are fractures that we must respond to.”
08:25 – Emmanuel Macron re-elected president with 58.5% of the vote
The final results fell late at night but the re-election of Emmanuel Macron is confirmed. The outgoing president won last night against Marine Le Pen with 58.5% of the votes cast, a bigger lead than expected over his opponent. After the party, Emmanuel Macron already finds the responsibilities of a head of state the day after his victory.
07:03 – Emmanuel Macron elected by 38% of registered voters
If he won 58% of the votes cast, Emmanuel Macron did not win the support of one in two voters. Far from there. Indeed, the votes obtained by the Head of State represent only 38% of those registered on the electoral lists. This is the second lowest total in the history of the Fifth Republic since the election of Georges Pompidou in 1969 (37.51%).
06:07 – Nearly 3 million fewer votes for Macron compared to 2017
At 97% of the count, Emmanuel Macron was credited with just under 17.5 million votes for this second round of the 2022 presidential election. of the State had amassed 20.7 million. Nearly 3 million votes less therefore, while Marine Le Pen, she collected 2 million more than five years ago.
05:04 – Relive Emmanuel Macron’s speech after his victory
Re-elected this Sunday April 24, 2022 President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron held a victory speech at the Champ de Mars. Find the summary of the speech as well as the video of his speech.
04:01 – Macron re-elected, who to replace Castex and bring together new ministers?
Re-elected on Sunday April 24 for a second term as President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron should be able to rely on new faces. Jean Castex should quickly announce his resignation and that of his government. Who will be the new ministers?
03:05 – Emmanuel Macron at La Lanterne, at the Palace of Versailles
After his victory in the presidential election, Emmanuel Macron went, with his family, to the residence of La Lanterne, the summer residence of the presidents of the Republic, located in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, announced BFM TV.
The results of the presidential election are traditionally published in three stages. First, solid estimates, built by polling institutes on the basis of the first counts, are published at 8 p.m. They are then updated several times in the evening. Then come the official results from the Ministry of the Interior, which are only partial on the evening of the ballot. Once all the results of all the polling stations have been returned, a final result is communicated overnight or even on Monday morning. It is then validated during the week by the Constitutional Council:
Emmanuel Macron, in this campaign between the two rounds, indicated that he wanted to “complete” and “enrich” his program, in particular on ecology which he very visibly prioritized, in particular with the concept of “planning ecological” dear to Jean-Luc Mélenchon and his constituents. The outgoing president said he was ready not to push back the retirement age to 65. He also indicated that he was “not opposed” to the establishment of a “full” proportional system for the legislative elections.