Emmanuel Macron achieved a strong victory over Marine Le Pen in the French presidential elections on the weekend. While he is not the novice some pundits make him out to be, he does face serious challenges in the months and years ahead.
Less than a year after forming his centrist En Marche! party—and contradicting punditry that sees voters in the West favouring the populist policies of Trumpism and Brexit—Emmanuel Macron, 39, becomes the youngest president of France since Napoleon Bonaparte.
His victory over Marine Le Pen came after he and his far-right opponent had scalped the two main parties that have governed …read more