emanuel macran became the first sitting french president in two decades to be re elected. His supporters, who gathered near the iffel tower for an election night party, sounded overjoyed. Supporters of marie lepin voiced their disappointment with the outcomeat her election night gathering. Miss lepin vowed to continue in her fight.
Emmanuel Macron’s re-election is historic and, for many, a relief. But, as we discuss in the final instalment of our French-election series, the campaign revealed divisions that will trouble his second term, and that he must now try to heal. A staggering flow of foreign weaponry has been a significant factor in Ukraine’s resistance; we examine the geopolitical implications of all that hardware. And the pricey phenomenon of Britain’s personalised licence plates.
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