The French elections already have a winner.
In this video, Marc Bassets, correspondent for EL PAÍS in France, analyzes what is expected of Emmanuel Macron as the winner of the second round of the presidential elections in France.
The question is how will the president of the republic govern from now on, looking to the right as he has done in the past?
or to the left?
And what does this victory mean for the European Union and NATO?
The outgoing president, the centrist Emmanuel Macron (Amiens, 44 years old), has defeated the far-right candidate, Marine Le Pen (Neuilly-sur-Seine, 54 years old) in the second round of the elections, according to the first Ipsos projections .
He would obtain 58.8% of the votes compared to 41.8% of votes for the candidate.
The distance is less than five years ago, when it was more than 30 points (66% compared to 34%).
Both competed to become the president -or president- for the next five years in a day marked by high abstention, around 28%, the highest since 1969. For Macron, another stage different from the previous one begins, the legislative elections of the month of June, how will the president obtain a parliamentary majority in his favor? Will he seek a great coalition of parties?
Macron, president of the republic, started as the first force in the polls, but the threat of Marine Le Pen, the far-right candidate, has been increasing every week.
At the beginning of the campaign —two weeks ago— the distance was 15 points, but the latest polls showed a considerable reduction in the president's advantage to just five points.
In the end, the French have opted for the centrist option, clearly giving victory to the current president.
The analysis and answers to these questions in the video that accompanies this piece.
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