to act ina to act in a just way, to act in ajust way, in together. to act in a just way, in an effective way for people. france is only strong if it prospers, france is only a model for the world if it is an example. exemplary and thatis if it is an example. exemplary and that is my second requirement because we will have given back to the french for the future and ready to what they are, the world will pay attention to what transfers because we will be unable to, together, go beyond our fears and anxieties, we will be unable to, together, go beyond ourfears and anxieties, we will, together, give the example of the people which knows how to affirm its values, its principles, which are those of democracy and the republic. the efforts of my predecessors have been remarkable, on those lines, i am thinking of charles de gaulle, who worked to put france back in its

position among the nations of the world. and thinking of pompidou who made our country and industrial power, allowing the country to modernise, jacques chirac, who gave us modernise, jacques chirac, who gave us the position of a nation which can say, now, to the pretensions and claims of those who want more. and nicolas sarkozy, who could deal with the financial crisis that struck the world so harshly. and francois hollande, a precursor, with the agreement in paris on climate, and dealing with a world hit in paris by terrorism. and the mistake in these last decades boston has seen a

deleterious —— often has seen a deleterious. internal climate which has seen france not in favour, sometimes weakened by a national situation full of uncertainty, and sometimes worry. ladies and gentleman, now, france has to do now rise to the moment. the divisions in oui’ rise to the moment. the divisions in our society have to be overcome. whether economic, social, political maul. —— political or moral law. because the world expects us to be strong and clairvoyant. we will assume all our responsibilities it's time it is necessary to answer the

great crises of the time. whether the migration crisis or the climate challenge, or is slippage to authoritarianism or the excesses of world capitalism, or of course terrorism. nothing, now, can affect some people leaving the others unhurt. we all neighbours. france will always seek to be on the side of liberty, human rights, but always in order to build peace in time, over time. we have a major role to correct the excesses of the way the world is going and seek to defend freedom. that is our vocation. to do that, we need a more effective, democratic europe, more political, because as is the instrument of our power and sovereignty. i will work along those lines. geography has

significantly become smaller overtime has accelerated. we are going through a period of france the coming decades. we will not fight only for this generation but the future generations. it is up to us, all of us, that here and now, we have to decide on the world in which future generations will live. that, maybe, is our greatest before usability. we have to build the world —— our greatest responsibility. we have to build the world a re responsibility. we have to build the world are young people deserve. by now the french people at this time are expecting a lot of me and they are expecting a lot of me and they are right. the mandate that they have given me gives me to deal with absolute requirements and i am fully aware of that. nothing will be yielded for facility or compromise.

nothing will weaken my determination. nothing will make me renounce, give up determination. nothing will make me renounce, give up defending at any time or anywhere, the higher interests of france. i will at the same time, seek constantly to reconcile and to bring together all french people. the trust that the french people. the trust that the french people. the trust that the french people have given me fills me with great energy. an intimate certainty, that together, we can write one of the most beautiful pages of our history in my actions. in those moments where everything can go awry, the french people have a lwa ys can go awry, the french people have always delivered for the energy and discernment, the spirit of concord, to deal with deep change. and that isa to deal with deep change. and that is a situation now. that is for this

mission that, humbly, i will serve our people. i know that i can count on all our citizens to carry out the considerable and exhausting task which is ahead of us. and as far as i'm concerned, as of the seedling, i will start work. long live the republic, long live france. studio: emmanuel macron, the new president of france applauded for that speak for —— speech. his wife is there. a remarkable speech saying france has doubted itself for decades, and he says his mission mission is to give them to people confidence in themselves. he said the power of france is not declining, we are on the edge of a great renaissance. he was saying in this election,

eve ryo ne was saying in this election, everyone had been wondering if france would go back to the past, allup to france would go back to the past, all up to the future. he said france had chosen the future. he said the world and europe now, more than ever, needs strong france, short of its own destiny, a france that knows how to invent the future, he said. sterling words, then, from the new president of the fifth republic. —— sterling words. just 39 years old. greeted their by politicians and officials as the new president of france. our paris correspondent was listening to that. some striking words there from the new president? i was struck by the predominance of the prefix ‘re'. relaunch,

rejuvenated. he was going to take on the old and make it new. that is the only have ambition. it represents use, wrap champs—elysees energy, bigger dick tuimavave use, energy, bigger. he has a set of policies and systems which are good but need to be about and given the energy and purpose. that is the purpose he intends to give it. it was a powerful speech, as you are saying, looking forward and giving back. he felt confident that this is the word you picked up andi that this is the word you picked up and i did too, a relevant answer france is around the corner. if only

he and the country can find the energy and let go on to the economy and society, and culture, he talked about the need to open up labour and other companies. and culture, innovation, are part of his idea. it isa innovation, are part of his idea. it is a hopeful message and comparisons are made to barack obama when he came to power eight years ago or so. some ideas that hope is there and he represented. and we will have to see. he looks the part the part. will he actually be able to harness this latent force in the country which he says is always there? we have to see. he remarked at the end there that france always, when it comes to change, he has found that

determination and concord. that is one interpretation, another is that france has been unable to cope with change. it hasn't learned to adapt and wait till the crisis arrives and then has a momentous and often violent change. that is what people fear could still be to come if he doesn't, at this crucialjuncture, harness the benevolent forces of positive change which he claims he can see and knows how to put to work. he should prefer notjust his predecessor francois hollande but previous presidents, talking about their achievements as leaders. putting himself as leader in brackets, saying i am the new leader and will achieve this. there are people that want to be people of the fifth republic and i attached to that institution. and he is two, he is not someone that wants to tear it down or turn it into a much more

parliamentary democracy. he wants the president to be presidential, and as he said, in counterpoint to francois hollande, he does not want to bea francois hollande, he does not want to be a normal president, rowers boxer—macro said he wants to be normal. he wants the president to have wrote this about him. he will not be giving regular interviews and will surround himself with a certain mystique of power. he thinks that is more effective. he'll make decisions that are his. this is something to watch ahead in the months ahead. it is such a personal mission that he has got going. and he is a man of such personal talent and brilliance, if you like, but there have been questions about whether he may risk being detached in his ivory tower surrounded by advisers giving orders

because he has such self—confidence. and maybe he takes too much on himself and becomes a bit too detached. that is something to watch out for. but his recital was an attempt to put himself in that tradition and, to his predecessors, some of whom are people who was opposed to politically like jacques chirac, he was gracious, chirac for iraq, sarkozy for tackling the banking crisis of 2008 and 2009 and foxtrot macro, even though he has differences on economic policy, he said his actions on terrorism and climate change were crucial. thank you. i think that might have been mr macron on the phone saying he won't be in an ivory tower for the macron on the phone saying he won't be in an ivory towerfor the next few years. i'm sure you will chart his presidency with your usual

style. let's go to a friend journalist with and talking to throughout the morning. marie, in a way, that speech was a lot —— in a way that was saying french people should have confidence in that self —— in themselves. how important was that? it's important to him to show he understands what the french were feeling and thinking. in this election and beyond that. he says, i know what you feel and what you think is important. because as he is not a politician, he has an edge that all of the other candidates did not have. because he has been into the civil society although he was a banker and quite wealthy. he talks to the french people on the standpoint that is very different

from all the other presidents. what french people await from him is a new era, basically. the way he spoke, he said two things. one was i understand what you feel and think. i understand that you are pessimistic and i know that criticism is not what france is all about. so i will try to use all the strength that we having fun society to talk about the religious identity, a secular identity. i will try and convey all the forces of france at the moment and show you that france can be a bit more than what you think it is. he says, we are on the edge of a great runners—up. the power font are on the edge of a great runners—up. the powerfont is not —— other great runners—up. the power of france is not declining, it is boosting the french people. that is

exactly what the french people want from him. a new man with new ideas, who feels that he has the energy, he is young, he has the energy of taking france out of its slumber, in a way. obviously he did very well in the election, 65%, 20 million votes as we heard, read out there. to what extent, the people who didn't vote for him, is he regarded with cynicism and scepticism and disliked by those who didn't vote for him and voted for someone like marine le pen? it's a mix of cynicism and disliked. he's seen the front national and the far left party, describing him as two things. one, asa describing him as two things. one,

as a banker and as in the uk, bankers don't have good french press. it's a bit and relevant —— irreleva nt press. it's a bit and relevant —— irrelevant but it's sticking to him. and the other is baby francois hollande, the sun of boxer—macro who was leaving. you don't want to be at —— francois hollande. he is seen as not new and if he is newcomer he is a banker and that is not good. so he is not being welcomed by everyone. the fact that he wants to change labour laws, and we know that french people are very attached to their social protection, very strong social protection. the fa ct very strong social protection. the fact that he wants to change it in order to make france more open to the world and over the companies who would like to settle in france, and all because it is so, take ——

complicated to fire someone. he wa nts to complicated to fire someone. he wants to change that. although some people might see the positive angle, the difficulty they have to go through doesn't seem worth it. because there is a prominent anti—globalisation movement during this election. the far right and the far left were basically talking —— treading the same path in terms of anti—globalisation. macron wants to open france to the world, have many companies leaving london because of brexit, moving to paris instead. he wa nts to brexit, moving to paris instead. he wants to attract people from london to paris. that is maybe not well liked in france, big companies aren't well liked by many people. when francois hollande arrives, he said my enemy is financed, i don't like wealthy people. macron is the

contrary. he said not to be ashamed of working and making money, that is something that is normal, why shouldn't we aspire to better ourselves? and bettering ourselves means having good salaries. why is ita means having good salaries. why is it a problem in france to feel that you can achieve something and have a reward for that? so it is interesting to see how we had, for the last five years, a president who is very much from the socialist and one who was cold a baby francois hollande, who is much more in the centre, perhaps on the right—hand side of the political spectrum. it's fascinating watching him now, gladhanding, shaking hands with these politicians and well—wishers, almost all of them older than him. he is maybe not baby francois hollande but 39 years of age, he is

strikingly young to be a president? i suppose before might make comparisons with jfk i suppose before might make comparisons withjfk or i suppose before might make comparisons with jfk or obama, i suppose before might make comparisons withjfk or obama, the use coming into presidency. what is that like for france's image around the world? it is significant. 39, not even a0. that would at least have been some symbolic threshold. you will be a0 in the summer. that is important i think. one tour de france people, they said we have a young president ahmad is important. —— wheni young president ahmad is important. —— when i talked to french people. the people that tried to make a living in france are constructing and building. that is important, he is young, he has the demeanour of someone is young, he has the demeanour of someone who is 39. that is important money have 60 or 70 and have demeanour. —— imported when you are

60 or70. he demeanour. —— imported when you are 60 or 70. he is from the generation thatis 60 or 70. he is from the generation that is open to the world. he is european, open—minded, as a 39—year—old can be. that is quite important. as you say, you can see him shaking hands and you can also see a few people with their mobile phones taking pictures. i haven't seen anyone phones taking pictures. i haven't seen anyone try to take herself yet. —— try to take a selfie yet. i don't think that happened with francois hollande. but the complexion of this energy, with all the politicians, many decided not to stand for real action for this legislative election. they said they want to leave a place for the new generation. is it a way to go down with style, thinking i won't be

elected so i might as well give up and say it's for the good of the new generation? maybe. but that some feel wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for emmanuel macron. if it wasn't for emmanuel macron. if it wasn't the old elephants, old dogs, saying i won't stand for election because i think that there is a new blood needed in france. it's not just the president to his young, and who started a movement towards the youngification, i'm not sure if that is an english word. he has chosen younger candidates, that is quite normal. he has forced the other parties to do exactly the same. there is already a few lines moving in the french republic. we can see his wife, brigitte trogneux, who is

the subject of fascination because she is older than him, his drama teacher at school which is where he met her. she is wearing a blue designer suit. how important is she to him as he starts off as? he is attached to his wife, he wanted to show that and that he valued her input, and her reflection. that is com pletely input, and her reflection. that is completely new. think about the wives of the former president such as bernadette chirac, jacques chirac cold her mummy. that doesn't sound like a very healthy relationship, and away. and she was by his side, but you understood that she was the man who wanted them enter the elysee

palace. she wanted to be a politician herself but because of her man, she couldn't go too far after he left office in the started again to build a local career. but she was presented to do anything because of the man who she was with. there is a difference between emmanuel macron and brigitte trogneux. he is the young one, she already had a career in the professor —— as a —— a career as a professor. she has the edge on him, many people thinks she was the one that pushed him that —— to bea she was the one that pushed him that —— to be a candidate. he said —— she

said, think about how religion five yea rs said, think about how religion five years she is older, —— how we look in five years' time, she is older, now is the time for emmanuel macron to win because in five years' time i will be too old for that. that is one way to look at it. the other is that she has people saying she has created him. that as a way of seeing things critically. i'm not sure if that is a reality. i was an interesting documentary broadcast on monday, when one of the —— you can see bits and pieces of their relationship, at the end of the debate against marine le pen, he came out of the cooling debate asking people around him,

could you please find me some chocolate? —— gruelling debate. she said no, don't eatjunk food. and he said, i have water them. said no, don't eatjunk food. and he said, i have waterthem. she said no, don't eatjunk food. and he said, i have water them. she is grounding him, and that is the ways he wants her to be perceived. thank you so much marie, a french journalist who has been watching this inauguration and the new president of france there, emmanuel macron, with invited guests there in the elysee palace, and politicians kissing, shaking hands, gladhanding and in his speech he said france is doubted himself and wants to give the french people confidence in themselves and his is the power of france is not declining. we are on the edge of a great renaissance. so france has a new president. he is 39—year—old emmanuel macron. you are

watching bbc news. so, big smiles as the pressing of the flesh and the kissing of the cheeks continues there in the elysee and there seem to be hundreds of people there who wa nts to be hundreds of people there who wants just a couple of seconds with the new president of the fifth republic. our correspondent has been following it for us. she is close to the elysee palace. we are just outside because we are among the m oto rca d es outside because we are among the motorcades that are waiting to take the politicians and senior figures in french society away once this meeting with emmanuel macron is over, he will go into a lunch with family and, interestingly, it is very... it stand out how there is emmanuel macron shaking the hands of

many figures prominent in french politics, senior inexperience to him but he at 39 years old is the man charged in a system that is not used about. it is used to having battle scars, the experience behind you to get into this position, you would hear the same coming up time and time again. and then suddenly, out of the blue, emmanuel macron is appointed economy minister under francois hollande, and on may ia, 2017, he francois hollande, and on may 1a, 2017, he is president of france. still with me as the crowds are getting bigger outside the elysee, isa getting bigger outside the elysee, is a french commentator. one particular figure that boxer—macro encounter delay, the president of the constitutional council, a very senior politician. you were struck by what he said to him? traditionally, the president of the

council is supposed to read out the official without of the presidential election. and pop following that, the presidency of the president—elect, officially begins. but he did far more than matter. he we nt but he did far more than matter. he went on an elaborate and sophisticated speech praising emmanuel macron as a man of his time. he is a young politician with the energy and your vitality perform —— to the energy and your vitality perform — — to reform the energy and your vitality perform —— to reform france, he said. it has to be highlighted that he was the youngest prime minister ever at age 37 in the 1980s. say he is familiar. he knows what it's like to be one of the juniors imposition of... absolutely. with one junior being in

charge of the country. how unexpected visit to see such familiarand unexpected visit to see such familiar and experience bases in french politics, being positive in their approach to macron, rather than being cynical about his lack of yea rs than being cynical about his lack of years and experience. that was initially in the incumbent presidents, emmanuel macron is the only one who hasn't served as an mp and that also stands out. it was also held against them when he started campaigning, somebody could never put himself up to any kind of election, not even a counsellor or a meier —— mayor. that was not an advantage to start with. but gradually, he managed to turn this into an asset. as somebody who is not an ideologue and doesn't want any political party, even he served

in francois larne's government, he was not a member of the socialist party. he turned this advantage into a formidable assets to challenge the traditional left and right wing at the terry system systems that have dominated french politics of decades. thank you very much. now, we believe that emmanuel macron i am being told, is about to exit the elysee palace, as he walks with his wife, brigitte. so many greetings and m essa 9 es brigitte. so many greetings and m essa g es of brigitte. so many greetings and messages of congratulations, francois hollande, the outgoing president, apparently said, by way ofa president, apparently said, by way of a good buy "bon courage!" as he left the lazy palace for the last as president.