francois hollande will be the man who is forgotten. a result of what has been regarded as a failed presidency. the sermon today which is lavishly beautiful to watch,, the ha rd is lavishly beautiful to watch,, the hard work begins straight afterwards. he has to form a government very quickly, appointed prinosil, which might be as soon as tomorrow, we are hearing, he has go tomorrow, we are hearing, he has go to be meeting angela merkel very seen to be meeting angela merkel very seen to talk about europe. we have this error may now, —— ceremony. a meeting behind closed doors, security operations will be discussed, things that we do not know about, that the president needs to handle to the other, the codes for the nuclear. and then will be the speech, the ceremony of anointing him as grand master of the order of the legion of honour, that goes with all presidents, deep recession on champs—elysee and then we will get down to business. the name of the prime minister either today or tomorrow. will this be a character of the political right?

you don't want to be at —— francois hollande.d 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. h

outgoing french president francois hollande gave his final speech today in a ceremony to mark the end of slavery. he was standing there alongside the newly elected incoming president, emmanuel macron. here is more from president hollande and what he had to say. crime canis terrible we make a population and a new simulation -- a new civilization emerged. it gave rise to new forms of art and culture that are rich and diverse. abject racism, a form of universalism was born, a phenomenon a poet once called the -- genie: james andre is at the luxembourg tartans in paris or talk us through the importance of the ceremony marking the end of slavery. s: it is an important ceremony, created in 2006, and it was after a vote was held for a law in parliament making france a country that recognizes the crimes it had committed. it is important because symbolically it marks france as an important country as far as human rights are concerned. it was the first country to wr abolition ofthe slavery -- it was the third country to write into law the abolition of slavery. this is why it is important. it is

charles de gaulle, francois hollande... he charles de gaulle, francois hollande. ..arles de gaulle, francois hollande... he knows the challenges that he now faces because he wants to modernise france, as he said, for decades now, france has doubted itself. he said hisjob decades now, france has doubted itself. he said his job was to give the french people confidence in themselves. he said the power of france is not declining. we are on the edge of a great renaissance, he said. a lot of fine words, of course. as you tend to get at inauguration speeches but there is a lot of hard work to do and he knows starting off with the national assembly parliamentary elections, he needs to get a majority there. to help him effectively rule france. a tall order with his new movement, en marche, he only created a year or so ago, scrambling to get candidates for the national assembly elections. that is one of his jobs, he needs to form a government. we are hearing that he will appoint a prime minister probably tomorrow, and a new government on tuesday. he is off to see chancellor te

that is what hugh schofield was discussing whether because, of course, he has been francois hollande'sritics, mr macron, will say, he is just part of the old hollande regime who is going to continue the same policies. 50, who is going to continue the same policies. so, he's goforth, paris correspondent, just talk is what really happens now. how does this inauguration actually take place?m these sort of constitutional ceremonial, there is no actual, i do not think, moment of handing on of power. there is no anointing of the king like there would be in the cathedral in the old days, the moment of the anointing he becomes king. ithink moment of the anointing he becomes king. i think it isjust happening now as we speak. at some point in this hour, the hour that has been on the hour that has yet to come, he becomes president. you could see it as the moment when francois hollande tries away all the moment when the president of the cost youtube council reads out the results of the elections which he is going to do now. maybe that is the moment when it is recorded publicly that he was elected

nicolas sarkozy and francois hollande did it 5 years ago, that was the occasion when francois hollandeyes, all the great and the good come togetherand i think, is yes, all the great and the good come together and i think, is that nicolas sarkozy? yes, i think! can see him, in the monitor we have feared and admits the brightening paris light. because it tends to fall, obviously the election run slightly differently every 5 years but it's around this time. and so the ceremony tends to falljust at a time when we can see the symbolic handing over of power and the 2 men, the last time, it was much more tense, francois hollande and nicolas sarkozy did not enjoy each other's company and on the handover of power is, officially, at the elysee palace, francois hollande was almost rude to his face by not accompanying him down the is to say goodbye, but was a delicate moment. this is not, two people who broadly feel very close together under the same side of french politics who have a warm relationship. there won't be any of that tension. we talk about emmanuel macron as the newcomer, never held e

who only formed his own political movement a year ago, takes over from the outgoing president francois hollande. hugh schofield reports from paris it is going to be at day of ceremony and tradition. we cannot get any closer because of security. we know that at ten o'clock in the morning, the motorcade of emmanuel macron will drive up and are greeted by the current president francois hollande and then they will have a chat for half an hour. security matters, handing over the nuclear codes will happen. and then emmanuel macron is

francois hollande waving good-bye on the red carpet. me he is leaving his presidency with some of the lowest approval ratings in history. trying to rebuild some favor with the french public, the french electorate as well. they're entering a very understated car, really. apparently it's the same type of hybrid vehicle he arrived in, to play down any kind of presidential favors. so leaving there and leaving behind him the new president, not yet officially the president of france, but certainly the president-elect of france, em -- emmanuel macron. melissa bell is monitoring all these events. talk us through what happens next, now that out with the old, in with the new. >> out with the old, hannah, not just francois hollande, but in a sense the socialist party itself. since it's very difficult to see how given the disarray it finds itself. and emmanuel macron has no small part to play in that. that is a real question today here in france, whether these main political parties will manage to reform, regroup, and dust themselves down in time f

francois hollande unveils plans for a slavery museum in paris. and infant mortality in venezuela source among chronic shortages of food and medicine. protests continue across the country. first, the president of the united states has been explaining why he fired the head of the fbi. will simply not do any good job, according to donald trump, but democrats are questioning his motives. he was in charge of an investigation into russia's alleged meddling into the u.s. election in a few days ago, co mey asked for additional resources to assist in the investigation. >> he simply was not doing a good job. insists he fired james comey for badly managing the investigation into hillary clinton's private email server. the democrats say it was for his successful handling of another investigation, the fbi probe into russian meddling in the 2016 election. just days before his dismissal, come had asked for more fundingy in the inquiry. >> the dismissal of director establishes aey very troubling pattern. >> james comey is the third high-profile official to be fi

he joined francois hollande to mark the end of world war ii.eporter: president and president-elect, side by side. this marks emmanuel macron's first public appearance with president francois hollande since macron stepped down from his post as economy minister in august. they greeted warmly as the two men attended ceremonies commemorating the end of world war ii. had theollande who former investment banker joined his administration, setting the path that would lead to sunday's victory over far right leader marine le pen. hollande only had kind words for his successor. >> i wish him all the best. he knows that if he needs any information or advice, he can always come to me. he will always be welcome in i will always be there for him. walked together to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier below the arc de triomphe. they, the inauguration will be held. that's when macron will officially succeed francois hollande as the president of france. over: the election may be but the battle to leave the country is just beginning. to will find hims

he was still in francois hollande's government and we didn't know francois hollande .imself wasn't goingn you can see those presidential elections were inside. and then or pulled out of the race in november. and there he was. has to be clear to say that to an extent he may have benefited a little bit >> he would have been a real rival for emmanuel macron. alain juppe beaten picard was another who decided not to run and put his support behind emmanuel macron. in a years time, he has done something that no one has done before in french politics. he benefited too from the circumstances. >> just as soon as he starts speaking, we will be crossing back to the louvre. again, whathis week do we expect him to get done? the priorities he needs to address are these groups of frontist people. there are the national front supporters who believe that the media and the controlling elite gained up against them. there have been the far left in france. they have said the next round will be in the reef. streets.the that is another group of people who are extremely angry. and there are the social conservati

and then francois hollande will leave and at that point emmanuel macron is the new president.e new prsident, as all presidents are, as grand master of the order of legion of honour. there will be as speech and there'll be a procession down the champs—elysees, over there. that is where the work then begins. what everyone is going to be looking out for first of all is the nomination of mr macron‘s prime minister — who's it going to be? a man, or a woman, someone from the roght, someone from the left? no—one knows. that person's firstjob will be to lead the new government into the parliamentary elections which happen in june, because that is where macron needs to get a majority to have a freehand for his program of reform. and the other thing, of course, monday, the first trip abroad to germany, to see angela merkel where, of course, the future of the european union and brexit will be top of the agenda. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: prayers in portugal as the pope adds two children to the list of catholic saints. the pope was shot, the pope will live. that was the esse

franÇois hollande -- the last dayay is of campaigning.member, french election rules are very strict. the last 24 hours between sunday's vote, it is campaign-free, election-free, and that might be very good news for all of us -- or for you -- suffering from election fatigue. it is also a moment of reflection for those who are still try to make up their minds. wednesday's debate was certainly a bitter debate. political analysts have said he won that match. florence: if we look at opinion polls published after the debate, he has a three-point boost. if the election were held today, he would gather 62% of the vote, marine le pen are you percent. keep in mind some of these -- 38%. keep in mind, these are the last poll that will be broadcast, again, there are very strict rules and france. until sunday, there will be a blackout. you cannot talk about exit polls, predictions -- the only thing you can talk about on sunday is the turnout rate. the first estimate at noon, the second one at 5:00 p.m. then of course you have the official results that

he betrayed francois hollande really so he had this strange relationship today when they met and francoissaying, yes, well done. i think what i was hearing from french commentators, francois hollande wants to show he has credit for this because he trusted him in the first place, and also the problem now with macron as he must keep his distance from francois hollande too because he wants to do something different. of course that was his platform, that he was a new thing in french politics. thank you for joining thing in french politics. thank you forjoining us. watching what mr macron does will also be many in the uk. what will the election of emmanuel macron mean for brexit negotiations? france is one of the pivotal players in the european union and mr macron will play a key role in upcoming brexit talks. this morning president—elect macron‘s chief economic adviser told the bbc that mr macron would be a hard negotiator — but he wouldn't want to punish britain for its decision to leave the eu. chris morris looks at what kind of negotiating position the new french president is likely to tak

but francois hollande's time runs out at midnight.roops in mali and the visit to german to meet the german chancellor, angela merkel. so what will the election of emmanual macron mean for brexit negotiations? france is one of the pivotal players in the european union and mr macron will play a key role in upcoming brexit talks. this morning, president macron's chief economic adviser told the bbc that mr macron would be a hard negotiator, but he wouldn't want to punish britain for its decision to leave the eu. chris morris looks at what kind of negotiating position the new french president is likely to take. so the first thing you need to know about emmanuel macron is that he is a passionate pro—european. he campaigned on an overtly pro—eu platform. is that likely to make him a tough nut to crack when it comes to brexit negotiations? well, yes. but france was always likely to play that role. if you look at some of the things he said on brexit during the campaign, though, the language is pretty striking. in one interview he called brexit

francois lance did not -- hollande did not do that but macron has, he announced that.ould push it through by presidential decree? i'm wondering if that is a gamble giving he doesn't have a party or a movement, he doesn't have mp polmont? the majority of the people in france once reforms. even if he does not either party, if he does not have a majority in this election, he can have people from the republicans on the right side, and on the left side. people like the former minister of france, ten vote for reforms. even if he does not have the majority, i believe there will be some kind of coalition. this is my hope and my bet. it should work. as producers are tiny wee uptight full—time and you and i talk —— our producers tell me we are uptight full—time. can he reformed the french economy? what do you think? there was a prime minister years ago thatis there was a prime minister years ago that is that we have a fertile country in france, we want a bureaucrat and regrow taxes. that is the problem for years. which president will get the guts of france spending and reform th

for francois hollande.a clear majority ahead of him, he had five years to implement his plan. last night, we had emmanuel macron asa last night, we had emmanuel macron as a new president who doesn't have any mp under his name. there is a general election coming on june any mp under his name. there is a general election coming onjune11 — both marine le pen and emmanuel macron's speeches were clearly facing towards that deadline already. we have a two—round election, so we will have a majority onjune 18, election, so we will have a majority on june 18, but election, so we will have a majority onjune18, but we don't know who will be in the majority in the parliament. what did you make of the speeches last night? two from mr macron, one from marine le pen.|j felt that macron was very emotive, ina felt that macron was very emotive, in a way. it was obvious that there was something happening for him there and then. he's a young man. he doesn't have — he has some experience, but he's never been in that position. n

manuel valls, the former prime minister of francois hollande who resigned a few months ago, to make his elysee palace, he says he wants to be one of those bright young things in mr macron's political campaign. is that the sort of person you are looking for? no, we've already said that we will not endorse his candidacy, because let me come back to my point... we had some public criteria on renewal, and also procedure. en marche created an independent commission, with people looking at the candidates, the applications that we received. we've received more than 14,000 applications for more or less 300 seats. i won't dwell on this too much, because, in a sense, it is unknowable. but you know there are other examples of political insurgencies where parties are proved to be rather like herding cats. one thinks of the five star movement in italy, where the challenge was to get a group of people, many who had never been in politics before, who were the fresh new blood and were keen on what was being said. to actually go through the hard slog of voting for the detail. but that is unknowable and

two years, as a finance minister, having been also had two years the chief economic adviser of francois hollandende, people forget that, he has seen the inner workings of government and says, we must forget these totally left and right issues. and what is interesting and will be very instructive in the coming days is to watch the number of les republicains, french conservatives will continue to support emmanuel macron and who will be prepared to have their names put with him and say that they will support him in a government, it will be very instructive to see who he presents, who he appoints as prime minister, one who will be appointed immediately, man or woman, one who will be appointed immediately, man orwoman, i'm hearing a lot about 52—year—old mep woman tonight, whether it will be her or not, and that prime minister may not be his prime minister depending on what the results are in the parliamentary elections and to the parliamentary elections and to the minister decides —— of the people decides in june the minister decides —— of the people decides injune he must work with. cloud of a brex

this morning in paris, he joined the outgoing president francois hollande at the ceremony to mark vee second world war convinced old enemies france and germany to form an alliance which then became the basis of the european union. it's a struggling project which the new president promises to revive. emmanuel macron now inherits one of the most powerful positions europe and all of the symbolism that goes with it. he becomes the youngest french leader since napoleon whose own battles are remembered here. the crowd knows that the new leader will face problems of his own. french people hope that he will change a lot of things, maybe it will be tough for him but we hope that. translation: it's not going to be easy but i hope he will do some good work. but above all i hope he won't forget the little people. i'm not sure he's very coherent in his ideas. the idea of being nor from left or right, i don't truly trust this. world leaders have sent mr macron their congratulations. theresa may says that she looks forward to working with him on a wide range of shared priorities. trump says that he

francois hollande did not know how to talk or communicate. it is in part that.t has been such a disappointing five years under francois hollande, and that is also a victory.or macron's we saw what happened to the official socialist candidate. there was an absolute collapse in his vote. nothing like that have been seen since 1969. the question will be what happens to the socialist party. one should never predict, but i am about to do so. i think the socialist party is going to split. that is not really macron's problem. his problem lies to the right. how does he deal with the right. >> we are going to bring in ofes from the headquarters the movement that macron set up a year ago. is resigning today as the leader of the movement? >> that is right. it is now going to become a political party. it was a movement set up in april of 2016 as a vehicle for -- toel macron to run for make a presidential bid, and now it is going to go through the process of converting into becoming a fully fledged political party. and see how to wait it fares at the parliamentary elections

it comes just days after francois hollande left office.e staked his presidency on a promise to bring down unemployment. brian quinn has the story. for symbolic line crossed the first time in five years. france's overall unemployment rate dropped below 10% for the first three months of 2017. that's for the entirety of the country's territories. in mainland france, the rate stands at 9.3%. the lowest since the second quarter of 2012. chief beneficiaries of the trend are french youth. for francois hollande, the news is a taste of vindication with an ironic twist. he staked his presidency on lowering french unemployment and renounced a reelection bid after failing to do so. the new figures come just days after handing over the keys to the elysees palace to emmanuel macron. >> i know there is still so much misfortune, so much unemployment. so much hardship. allow me to tell you i leave the country in a better state than when i found it. franceite the progress, remains well behind several of its western european counterparts, especially germany.

he made an appearance alongside outgoing president francois hollande outside a ceremony commemorating end of world war ii. he will be sworn in as france's new leader but his triumph has left voters with mixed feelings. >> i'm quite optimistic. it is a new start, a new chance for france. we can only hope that france seizes this opportunity. >> the campaign was very difficult and harsh. i did not like tam put, i am hae result because we blocked the national front. reporter: in his victory speech, macron acknowledged his biggest challenge, saying he would work to unite the divided country. >> those who voted for mrs. le pen have expressed anger, distress. 6gi will do everything i can ovr the next five years to ensure people no longer have reason to vote for extremes. reporter: macron's rival, marine le pen, was quick to concede. it is not opportunity for her to revamp her party. >> i propose to start a profound transportation of our movement in order to be the new political force that many french women and men are looking for. a call for all patriots to join us in a decisive political fi

we want a normal president and we got francois hollande.do not want it anymore, we want a real president, a leader. will have toron pull it off on his own. he is the man to save france and the european union, e.u., the axis with germany. charlie: what should we expect from him? francois hollande was not such a bad president, he was a good president. -- it is truets, that macron had an incredible series of the flukes and chances above his head. even the worst novelist in the world could not have imagined such an intrigue of what happened in the last year. , and soure of fillon on. politician, according to machiavelli, is nothing but someone who is able to save the moment. macron did that. mrs. le pen, he had give him a huge help. mrs.st think mrs. -- thank le pen. she was so disgusting, her anti-semitism and hatred. at that point, he is young. and in my old country, it is a great thing to happen, have youth. charlie: you just praised of francois fillon, but he suffered enormously bad ratings. at one point in his cabinet was mr. macron. as pr

rs francois hollande because for five years he has worked for our country. to gather together all the men and women willing to face the challenges that we have to expect. some of these challenges are also pieces of luck like the digital revolution, the restart of europe, and others are threats, like terrorism. i will fight. i will fight threats, like terrorism. i will fight. i will fight with all my strength against the division which is so delirious to us. and that is how we are going to give to the french nation, to all of you in its professional life, and its personal and familial life, the chances that france owes to its citizens. that's love france and from tonight and for the five years to come. —— lets love france. in a very humble way but with total devotion, with total determination, i am going to serve our country, to serve france on your behalf. long live the republic and long—lived france. behalf. long live the republic and long-lived france. emmanuel macron speaking earlier. let's chill you the pictures of the louvre. a real party is underway. t

macron's predecessor, francois hollande, accused moscow uprising is humanity in syria.a and france on opposite sides of the conflict. russia has been reluctant to let go of one of its closest allies in the region. host: tensions could emerge over russia's attempts to swing the election of france? >> macron's campaign was the target of repeated cyber attacks. have accuseds moscow of mounting a smear campaign against him. russian state media was also highly critical of macron during the campaign, but much more positive about marine le pen. putin himself is accused of clearly favoring the far right leader, even of the never actually backed her. host: why is the meeting taking place at versailles? >> is a highly symbolic menu. there is an exhibition under way that marks 300 years of franco russian ties. since the visit of theater to paris in 1717. -- peter the great to paris in 1717. he first broke with russia's isolationism to seek alliances in europe. perhaps the meeting will be an opportunity for france and russia to put their differences aside and work together to tackl

and perhaps, the fact that francois hollande, so popular, we have always got this noisy opposition butis a large majority of people who want change, and want reform. in that sense, he could be pushing the unopened door, getting past the protest that you always see on the streets. and the woman that he has defeated, le pen took the national front for the love and a lot of people thought was possible. do you think that she remains committed?” think that she remains committed?” think you're going to have a lot of discussion, and they are going to shore i united front, but what happens to this party? le pen has detoxified the brand, probably taken things as far as she can. you have got a good majority of people who cannot elect a party that had fascist beginnings, they do not want anything to do with that. can she, asa anything to do with that. can she, as a politician at a different party, be marine? the mother, defender of the workers? that is a different question. i have watched herfor many different question. i have watched her for many years. she walks the walk, when it comes to secur

investment banker and served as an adviser and later a minister in the socialist government of francois hollanderesident. but he will resign last year to start his own political movement. lucy williamson profiles the man chosen to be france's new head of state. he's the choice of a country desperate for change, neither left nor right, part of the french establishment yet never before elected. a fresh face who served in the outgoing government. so, who is emmanuel macron? to his supporters he is their emmanuel, their political messiah, a provincial boy from outside the establishment who worked his way to power. he's a new man to politics. he's trying to find new solutions. he is a new face, he is our hope. but he went to france's most prestigious schools, met its most powerful people and made millions in an investment bank. a former colleague says that macron‘s rise is partly down to charm but that at heart, he is a secretive man. he is able to tell people what they really want to hear. so a very seducive man and he manages to agree with nearly anyone. that is a talent. macron‘s wife, brigitte, t

macron is just f hollande emmanuel macron is just francois hollande who wants to stick around.the us, congress strikes a $1 trillion budget deal to avoid a government shutdown. i think the rules in congress and in the senate are unbelievably archaic and slow—moving. we'll be live in new york to find out what else is missing from donald trump's wishlist. is hamas attempting to soften its image? we'll look at a new policy document released by the palestinian militant group — the first since its founding charter. and don't forget you can get in touch about any of the stories we're covering using the #bbcos hashtag. welcome to outside source. it's the final week of campaigning in the french presidential election. both emmanuel macron and marine le pen have been holding rallies — attacking one another. mr macron told his supporters to reject the far—right policies of his rival — while ms le pen linked mr macron to the outgoing administration and said they'd costjobs and ruined businesses. all this to a backdrop of may day protests. masked demonstrators threw petrol bombs and other o

president macron will be in his first official engagement, taking part alongside francois hollande and then macron will resign from the leadership of the movement he created a year ago to begin this most unusual political adventure. really, christine it can't be said enough, no one believed he could do it when he set out to create this party, when he announced his candidateure. what happened in france marks a redrawing of the political map. he saw off the far right with 60% of the vote, and along the way, he saw off both the mainstream left and the mainstream right in this country that have shared power since 1958. france is really waking up to a new political reality this morning. >> it is fascinating to watch the euro at a six-month high, european markets all higher. they like, at least now today, what they think he will stand for. thank you so much, melissa bell. so many people have said there was an economic nationalism sweeping through some of these elections and would the trump effect take place and propel marine le pen from the right to the presidency of france, but nope. voters

who only formed his own political movement a year ago, takes over from the outgoing president francois hollanderis. 0ne one week after the party, now the serious stuff begins. the youngest ever president of france stunned the world with his remarkable and rapid rise to power. from today, he is task will be to wield it and to press the start button on his programme of reform. formalities today begin with the official handover from holland. mr macron knows his place well, he used to work here as an economic adviser. after that he will follow up with a procession up the champs—elysses hoping that the weather will be more suspicious. 0nce hoping that the weather will be more suspicious. once the ceremonies are ever, president macron is not the kind of leader who is going to sit on his hands. he has already said he does not expect a honeymoon period and he knows that many of his ideas for change will be hotly contested. for seasoned observers of french politics, the new president is a novelist with all of the advantages and disadvantages that can bring. he wa nts to and disadvantages that can bring.

who only formed his own political movement a year ago, takes over from the outgoing president francois hollande from paris it is going to be at day of ceremony and tradition. we cannot get any closer because of security. we know that at ten o'clock in the morning, the motorcade of emmanuel macron will drive up and are greeted by the current president francois hollande and then they will have a chat for half an hour. security matters, handing over the nuclear codes will happen. and then emmanuel macron is a new president. there will be pageantry, as grand master of the legion of honour they will be as speech and a procession. that is where the work begins. they will be looking to the nomination of the prime minister, will it be a man, woman, from the left or) smack that person will lead the new government into the parliamentary election which happens in june into the parliamentary election which happens injune because that is where macron needs a majority. the other thing of course, monday, the first trip a broad to see angela merkel in germany. brexit in top of the agenda. welcome to bbc news —

tuesday, and no later than next saturday the 13th, the government of the sitting president, francois hollande the moment there's no precise date for this. but it won't be clear until next month how easy or hard it will be for mr macron to push through his agenda. that's because in earlyjune, the first first round of elections to the lower house of the french parliament takes place. and a week later, it's the second and final round. based on those results, a government reshuffle is likely. douglas webber told me the result would be viewed in a positive light by most national politicians. i think most governments around the world today will be casting an immense sigh of relief that marine le pen has not become the french president. if she had done, given her programme, she would have taken france out of the eurozone, then out of the european union, and out of nato. thought would have added a huge degree of uncertainty to the national economy and national financial markets. i don't think there are many governments that could have an interest in seeing this type of political outcome in france. on

as an adviser, then, later a minister, in the socialist government of the outgoing president, francois hollandelitical movement. our paris correspondent lucy williamson profiles the man chosen to be the country's new head of state. he's the choice of a country desperate for change, neither left nor right, part of the french establishment yet never before elected. a fresh face who served in the outgoing government. so, who is emmanuel macron? to his supporters he is their emmanuel, their political messiah, a provincial boy from outside the establishment who worked his way to power. he's a new man to politics. he's trying to find new solutions. he is a new face, he is our hope. but he went to france's most prestigious schools, met its most powerful people and made millions in an investment bank. a former colleague says that macron‘s rise is partly down to charm but that at heart, he is a secretive man. he is able to tell people what they really want to hear. so a very seducive man and he manages to agree with nearly anyone. that is a talent. macron‘s wife, brigitte, told one journalist that her h

in just over an hour, both emmanuel macron and the outgoing president — francois hollande — will attendthe end of the second world war. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news... facebook has broadened its campaign to raise awareness about fake news, by publishing adverts in the uk press. the adverts carry a list of ten things to look out for when deciding if a story is genuine. they include checking the article date and website address, as well as making sure it isn't intended as satire. facebook is under fresh political pressure to tackle fake news in the run up to the uk general election. china's exports and imports rose in april but missed analysts‘ expectations, as domestic and foreign demand slowed and commodity prices fell. domestic and foreign demand slowed. exports rose 8 percent in april, while imports were up 11.9 percent. the country's trade surplus last month came in at $38.05 billion, higher than projected by analyst. reports say the pentagon has backed a plan to invest nearly $8 billion to boost the us presence in the asia—pacific region. the wall s

while he was a finance minister under president francois hollande's administration, he has never had elected office. but you see there the support is huge with people there with the tricolor flag of flag -- blue, white and red. also talking about hope and their aspirations for this president-elect. international correspondent syril vignette is not there in the crowd but at a cafe. people have been very loquacious about their thoughts about this election. >> they have, indeed, fred. we've met a variety of people here and types of voters. the reluctant macron voter. people just wanting to keep the far right out of power. now we are speaking to maryann abraham, an enthusiastic macron supporters. just a word of context. maryann is a french voter who moved to the u.s. a number of years ago, partly because she wanted to be closer to barack obama and his inclusive, as she says, brand of politics. what's your reaction to this victory this evening? >> i'm extremely satisfied. macron is -- he represents a sort of youth and renewal in french politics, sort of embedded in some very old establish

francois hollande had tried to create something of a big tent, he's a socialist president.tried to run for the left wing and then he tacked right when he was in office with business friendly reforms. this made him extremely unpopular to both sides of the political spectrum here in france. and macron as something of a centrist, we discussed this in the last hour, you remember, how difficult it is to pin macron -- how difficult it is to put him in the box. he's running into that same problem. does he move to the left, does he move to the right? >> matt, it appears that emmanuel macron is taking to the microphones earlier than we thought. stand by, if you can, matt. thank you so much. emmanuel macron. >> i wish to thank you, thank you. thank you from my heart. my credit goes to all of you who brought me your vote and support. i will never forget you. i will put all my care and energy to be -- to be dignified of your confidence, but it is up to you, citizens of our country, whatever your choice was, i wish to address myself to you. many difficulties have weakened us for a long

well, each candidate is hoping to replace the outgoing president, of course, francois hollande, who haseld the office since 2012. he cast his ballot earlier on. he leaves as one of the most unpopular presidents in french history, which may have influenced his choice not to seek re-election. just a reminder, emmanuel mac n macron, you're seeing live pictures of him in northern france, having just cast his ballot in this crucial french election. cnn is covering the election with our correspondents at some of the other polling places where the french will, of course, decide their next president. melissa bell is live for us in paris and isa soares is standing by in henin-beaumont. marine le pen is expected where you are in the next hour or so. will she be confident going into this last bit of voting? >> reporter: well, hannah, i can tell you we've seen about four cars or so and several motor bikes just arriving at the school here in henin-beaumont. we're seeing live pictures now of marine le pen. she's just arrived at the school here and will be casting her vote. we know that emmanuel macro

president—elect, here at ve day commemorations, taking his cue from outgoing head of state, francois hollandee youngest—ever president looked a little unsure last night, too. rehearsing for his new role, as he prepared for his first public appearance. but by the time he took to the stage, emmanuel macron had a confident, for many controversial, message. to the tune of the eu anthem, he said europe was the future of a new dynamic france. vive la republique. vive la france! leading europhiles are cock—a—hoop, if in understated tones. translation: emmanuel macron carries the hopes of millions in france and across europe. he led a courageous, pro—european campaign, and stands for openness to the world. emmanuel macron has raised high expectations, promising many things to many people — to dramatically reform france, caring for the fragile while boosting business, and to change the european union, and to be very tough on brexit, but he doesn't have his own government or mps in parliament, so is he flexing muscles he doesn't yet have? france's president—elect has made brexit threats aplenty. damp a

down for a while, swapping nuclear codes and then that is the moment macron becomes presidents, francois hollandeech, he is inducted as grand master of the order of the legion of honour and then he will have what all presidents do which is a walk to lay a wreath. the work begins and that is what everyone will be waiting for because the best decision he has to make and make public will be the naming of a prime minister, very important moment. tomorrow, just as important, the first trip abroad to germany, talking about eu and brexit. thank you very much. north korea has carried out another ballistic missile test, four days after a new president took office in the south. the us military has confirmed a missile was launched near north—western kusong which flew more than 400 miles, before landing in the sea ofjapan. south korea's president, moon jae—in who campaigned on a platform of better engagement with the north condemned the test as a reckless provocation. portugal has won the eurovision song contest for the first time in the history of the competition. he sings salvador sobral lifted the trophy

teacher, two years his senior in 2016 he quit the government of outgoing socialist president francois hollande. to start his own political movement. forward. and macron however benefiting from the down fall of the other candidates, neither of the mainstream parties on left or right qualified for the election. la pen was not a new face to french voters. the 40-year-old placed third in 2012 election, another mayor candidate was hit with allegations that his family benefiting from cushy taxpayer funded jobs for year, there was -- the stirc smell of corruption. macron had help from media, ordered not publish contents of his leaked campaign e-mails, as much as 9 gigabytes of data were posted. sharing site two days before the final vote, and france's electoral commission ordered that national french media not to publish the contents to avoid anyway influencing the outcome of the election. french government warning news outlets, journalists could face criminal charges efficient publishing -- for publishing will material. that did not derail macron, who now, secure a majority in next month's parliamen

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you saw francois hollande being sworn into office. emmanuel macron has the sun shining on him. there was a moment francois hollande went up the street and went to the arch detree op of and went to the arch detree op of and he was wet through. he went to the airport to make the trip to berlin and his flight was hit by lightning and he had to land again at the airfield and pick another plane. but look... that was just the beginning. this is much warmer. what i want to pick out, look at this, so there is the handed on shoulder. i will give you one back. there is a one upmanship and then you go. look at this... one after the other. it isa at this... one after the other. it is a sort of... one upmanship of the way leaders do it and what they must do with their hands. thought what, what does donald trump do? sometimes he doesn't shake hands. sometimes he doesn't let go. this goes on for about 15 second and he pulls him in. i have seen him do this with the vice—president. there is the tug and he clearly trying to release his hand and it goes on and at the end of this you see him turn

we worked with france while whole and, nothing -- france while whole law and -- francois hollande and nothing worked. -- nothing happened. the whirlpool factory made international headlines during the last weeks of the presidential campaign. macron visited the site and workers.th striking these cases may cause a headache for the new government. conditions have generally been improving for french companies. >> more of the business headlines are the british government has sold the last of its remaining stake in the lloyds banking group. altogether, the state made a profit from the sale of some 900 million pounds or over one billion euros for the taxpayer. struck a deal with universal to stream its music on it platform. it allows tencent to license its music in china. already has 600 million users of its streaming services. 's latest design has backfired. >> they are selling a boomerang for 1260 euros. representatives of the community and australia have called it cultural appropriation. chanel says it regrets any offense caused. >> that is still expensive for a boomerang. 70th cans film

. —— economy minister for francois hollande.erate and piecemeal than he is saying. let's talk about marine le pen. what is she offering the economy? her programme is very difficult to... basically, a lot of economists and business people have said it makes little sense, to be honest. because she has a very populist set of policies. more recently, she has been talking about getting out of the euro, but at the same time, talking about a common currency that would work at the same time as the national currency. so there is a lot of uncertainty and recently it has been said that her programme is like the communist pa rty‘s programme programme is like the communist party's programme in the 1960s. so it is very... yes. it is difficult to know what she would be doing. but ina sense, to know what she would be doing. but in a sense, the business community is very worried about that. we appreciate your time so early on a bank holiday. thank you for getting a price. of course, throughout the week, we will keep you across the final push for

the outgoing president, francois hollande, leaves office as france's most unpopular leader of modernf mr macron is huge. if this business friendly liberal is to honour his pledge to transform france. translation: all labour laws will be liberalised, companies will be supported. innovation and creativity will be at the heart of my programme. the french feel left behind by globalisation and will be better protected. to achieve that, mr macron needs a majority in parliament, but his new party has no mps and elections are infour party has no mps and elections are in four weeks' time. emmanuel macron has promised this moment will mark a decisive break from the past for france, a moment of national renewal where all his predecessors have promised reform and failed to deliver. he will need more than useful to optimism and energy to succeed. what mr macron hopes he can make it a force at the heart of the eu, say those who know him. translation: he will relaunch the eu. if the british were still members, they would be part of this, but we will do this without them. it is on the basis that cou