Paris: Beer poured into the current Emmanuel capital sign on english vowelChampagne corks were spread across the city to mark the far-right leader Marine, while celebrating his first-round victory in the French presidential election le penShowing second position.
For both the contenders and their supporters, it was a night of excitement before a showdown in two weeks to see who would become the head of state of France for the next five years. The two would reunite their 2017 match when centrist Macron, then an upstart who had never been before being elected to office, won by a landslide.
Flags, the national anthem and cheering – fueled with separate drinks as the two contenders’ programs – marked the end of a campaign that shunned 10 other candidates.
By estimates, Macron was expected to take a healthy first round lead of around 28% support, ahead of Le Pen’s 23%-24%. The final official results were not yet available.
“One, two, five more years,” shouted Marcone’s supporters. Hundreds of guests at Le Pen’s election party shouted “Marine President” and “We will win”.
“Now, everything is possible,” said municipal councilor Aurelian López Liguari of Le Pen’s national rally party in the southern city of Sete. Macron will ‘finally answer to the French people’ for his ‘poor record’.
He credits Le Pen’s mostly quiet, people-to-people campaign, away from TV cameras, for his performance. “The French thanked us tonight.”
Everything was quiet at the Le Pen election site in a park in eastern Paris. Cheers drowned out parts of his speech when the election projections were announced.
Le Pen, 53, a solid nationalist, has revamped his program and his style, propagating buying power and of course being friendly to the people, to distance himself from the far-right image that had His anti-immigration party is haunted, a job he began when he took office a decade ago. She has campaigned longer than any other candidate since September, and has campaigned as opinion polls ended.
In contrast, Macron, 44, was late on the campaign trail, busy with state affairs, including his active role in trying to stop the war in Ukraine. He has been a dominant force in the elections since the beginning, but some in his party expressed concern about Le Pen’s continued progress.
Supporter Julian Bon said he was pleased with Sunday night’s results.
“It’s better than what we expected,” he said, referring to recent opinion polls. “We are well on track. Now we must fight.”
Supporters of Le Pen in his electoral party came from France and beyond.
“I could not support Marine Le Pen with my vote, but if I were French, I would,” said Hungarian guest Agnes Zofia Magyar, during the French politician’s visit to Budapest to support the leader. met Le Pen. Viktor Orban and his nationalist Fides party. She works with the party-linked Foundation for a Civil Hungary in Brussels.
“I’m sure the French have decided to change the system,” Magyar said in the April 24 runoff, alluding to Le Pen’s fears of victory and the stark differences representing the populist Le Pen and the pro-EU Macron.
Macron expressed happiness over the losing candidates, who called on his supporters to vote for him in the second round. Supporters applauded the far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon when he said, “We should not give a single vote to Le Pen.”
“I think Marine Le Pen has a great chance of winning,” said Gilles LeBreton, European Parliament MP for the far-right party. hopes of victory over his party’s supporters Eric ZemorA far-right pundit whose decision to enter the race left Le Pen’s support base divided.
For Le Pen’s national rally, the second round will begin on Monday when LeBreton said party officials will meet to work out a second round of strategy.
For both the contenders and their supporters, it was a night of excitement before a showdown in two weeks to see who would become the head of state of France for the next five years. The two would reunite their 2017 match when centrist Macron, then an upstart who had never been before being elected to office, won by a landslide.
Flags, the national anthem and cheering – fueled with separate drinks as the two contenders’ programs – marked the end of a campaign that shunned 10 other candidates.
By estimates, Macron was expected to take a healthy first round lead of around 28% support, ahead of Le Pen’s 23%-24%. The final official results were not yet available.
“One, two, five more years,” shouted Marcone’s supporters. Hundreds of guests at Le Pen’s election party shouted “Marine President” and “We will win”.
“Now, everything is possible,” said municipal councilor Aurelian López Liguari of Le Pen’s national rally party in the southern city of Sete. Macron will ‘finally answer to the French people’ for his ‘poor record’.
He credits Le Pen’s mostly quiet, people-to-people campaign, away from TV cameras, for his performance. “The French thanked us tonight.”
Everything was quiet at the Le Pen election site in a park in eastern Paris. Cheers drowned out parts of his speech when the election projections were announced.
Le Pen, 53, a solid nationalist, has revamped his program and his style, propagating buying power and of course being friendly to the people, to distance himself from the far-right image that had His anti-immigration party is haunted, a job he began when he took office a decade ago. She has campaigned longer than any other candidate since September, and has campaigned as opinion polls ended.
In contrast, Macron, 44, was late on the campaign trail, busy with state affairs, including his active role in trying to stop the war in Ukraine. He has been a dominant force in the elections since the beginning, but some in his party expressed concern about Le Pen’s continued progress.
Supporter Julian Bon said he was pleased with Sunday night’s results.
“It’s better than what we expected,” he said, referring to recent opinion polls. “We are well on track. Now we must fight.”
Supporters of Le Pen in his electoral party came from France and beyond.
“I could not support Marine Le Pen with my vote, but if I were French, I would,” said Hungarian guest Agnes Zofia Magyar, during the French politician’s visit to Budapest to support the leader. met Le Pen. Viktor Orban and his nationalist Fides party. She works with the party-linked Foundation for a Civil Hungary in Brussels.
“I’m sure the French have decided to change the system,” Magyar said in the April 24 runoff, alluding to Le Pen’s fears of victory and the stark differences representing the populist Le Pen and the pro-EU Macron.
Macron expressed happiness over the losing candidates, who called on his supporters to vote for him in the second round. Supporters applauded the far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon when he said, “We should not give a single vote to Le Pen.”
“I think Marine Le Pen has a great chance of winning,” said Gilles LeBreton, European Parliament MP for the far-right party. hopes of victory over his party’s supporters Eric ZemorA far-right pundit whose decision to enter the race left Le Pen’s support base divided.
For Le Pen’s national rally, the second round will begin on Monday when LeBreton said party officials will meet to work out a second round of strategy.