and i think that macron's election strengthens that argument. >> if this election of macron also sends a message to russia's vladimir putin who did have relations -- friendly relations with marine le pen, how does the u.s. perhaps -- i guess use that outcome to its advantage as it moves forward trying to deal with russia? >> so i think the big thing for the administration is to continue to just press forward with an agenda. i think that's been the big challenge. every time you see them wobbling or going far afield, it is because they are not focused on a particular agenda. so i think that part of pushing back against russia is going to be making sure that we do continue to have strong alliances with france, with the uk, and that we're participating where we can in the eu as well. so it's really about putting a strong front and a strong step forward that we have our agenda, that regardless of what vladimir putin's agenda is, which is always going to be in his interest and the interest of russia, if there are places we can tag team, great. on isis and some of those things, fantastic. but

emmanuel macron has got out of the carand is making his emmanuel macron has got out of the car and isthe red carpet into the elysee palace. for the handover of power. walking towards the outgoing president, francois hollande. seen as the protege of a manual macron, giving him his break in politics, putting him first as an adviser and then as a economy minister, unelected economy minister in the socialist government. so very symbolic day, this relationship between the two men, complicated one, resulting in this literal handover of power from one one, resulting in this literal handover of powerfrom one man to the other. well, there you see the grandeur inside the elysee palace as the two men walk up the stairs, the outgoing president francois hollande and the incoming president emmanuel macron. and we will would just hearing their the formal handover of power, which includes mr macron being given the french nuclear codes there. we were seeing francois hollande, who, in some ways has been seen by many political commentators in france as a political failure, seen by many political comment

macron has won.ests throughout this week leading up to the election, but the protests have been really by people who don't like either candidate, either mr. macron or, you know, marine le pen. we understand there's a big protest scheduled for tomorrow in the center of paris. but like it or not, mr. macron, a political newcomer for the most part, the youngest president in french history ever at 39 years old, the former investment banker and, guess what in the markets, the global markets will love this. the dow futures already up 100 points, the markets across europe moving higher basically because they want stability and marine le pen and her plans would have created a lot of concern among investors. but that is not the case. people are happy here. we are waiting for mr. macron to come out and speak to the thousands of people. by the way, tomorrow is a holiday, victory day in france from world war ii, and tomorrow mr. macron will be celebrating his victory as the new president-elect of france. back to

macron has got a mandate. he's got a very big mandate but i think there are enormous challenges straight away. >> the more that will come out and protest around any more changes of labor laws. already the protests of last year that shut down many industries and many businesses across the french economy, having an impact, macron is going to try and negotiate, i'd say. that's going to be different this time around. last time, we saw changes pushed around without consultation. i think he might try and change the dialogue this time around. but le pen at this point didn't get the 40% mark. i think that was one of the points that we saw on the ground with the election. supporters were so enthusiastic. and as to what she had at this point for that rationale and also to keep on pushing the brexit message. you got to say, will that go away? >> if depends along his success. it depends upon his policies outside of france as well. how he forms an alliance with merkel or mr. schultz as well depending on who gets the electi

the president-elect is emmanuel macron.e has marked the victory alongside the current resident at the tomb of the unknown soldier. the symbolic handing over of power ahead of sunday's swearing-in. 39-year-old macron will be france's youngest ever elected president. vote. 66.1% of the pen got 33.9%. abstention was rather high. turnout was rather low at about 72%. commemorationay 8 for us was james andre. >> it was the first public appearance of emmanuel macron. day, victory in france. vip desk areahe on the square, took his former minister by the arm, and walked them through the ceremony. paternal, very emotional, very solemn. macron gave an interview moments -- the current president given interview saying that he would help macron make his first steps as president. he said that he did not consider emmanuel macron as a traitor having resigned from his government position to run for government. he also confirmed that he would be present on sunday for the ceremony in which macron will be made the new president. macron went bac

this marks emmanuel macron's first public appearance with president francois hollande since macron steppedown 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 himself unable push through -- macron will find himself unable to push through reforms. , a legislative election, 500s -- next month, a lead -- a legislative election

reporter: macron his victory.ally every german newspaper and a majority of germans celebrated his election to one of europe's most important public offices. >> all in all a very good thing. definitely better than if the right-wingers have one. -- won. reporter: the german chancellor said she was pleased with macron 's election victory. >> emmanuel macron everything hopes of millions of french people as well as many people in germany and across europe. he led a courageous, pro-european election campaign. he stands for openness and he stands firmly for the social market economy. reporter: european commission president offered some financial advice to france. >> the french spend too much money and they spend it the wrong way. they need to save -- this is not sustainable in the long term. reporter: the mood at the french embassy inliric. people in the german capital say macron's is a sign of hope for france. >> we know the challenges are very big in the world for the europeans and for our nations. the european union i

macron. this was the first time in modern french history no candidate from a mainstream party had advanced to the run-up. the last polls of closed in about half an hour at 2:00 p.m. eastern. we bring you live coverage here on c-span. this second round in the campaign, and the second round has been really very different than the first round. it is always the case, but this year even more because there is nothing bringing marine le pen and emmanuel macron close. they are totally worlds apart. >> that's right. we see this during the debate and what is interesting is if we remember 2002, he refused to debate. he said there is no way we can debate with the far right. forould've been impossible emmanuel macron to say no. >> not only normalized, they won the election. >> there will be discoursed and politicians. it would've been impossible for marine le pen to refuse that emmanuel macron --emmanuel macron to refuse the debate. the way he reacted in the debate was typical of what you would've expecte

whereas macron is arguing he can make it work. how is macron going to make that happen? how is he going to produce the high paying jobs that working class french miss, that working class americans miss. how does he actually deliver now? >> and david, i understand you're back because my french is -- there have been a lot of comparisons made between donald trump, the candidate, and marine la pen. in fact, both in different ways have expressed a sort of admiration for the other. if this is emmanuel macron who indeed has won here and estimates show that he has, how does donald trump reach out to the new french leader? how do they work together? >> well, they're going to have to work together. there's no question about that. it's very clear that president obama came down very heavily on the side of now president-elect macron. what is interesting to notice is the level of support that marine la pen managed to get. she gathered nearly 35% of the electorate. that's an extraordinary number for the far right in this country. that makes her effectively the leader of the opposition.

it is what macron wants to avoid. and trythe first step to bring just try to bring a -- rate republican >> with a manual macron's first day in office. now immediate priorities over the next several years. macron -- his first priority will be to clean up public life. for parliamentary elections in june. he plans to ban elected -- cials by producing liberalizing france's rigid labor laws. he wants to make it easier for companies to negotiate specific deals on pay. and compensation by awarding tribunals. start thents to school year with reforms to primary schools.'s plan is to shrink class sizes to 12 children maximum. and france's educational priority. it is one of macron's key pledges to support opportunities for all. >> to the new level of depravity for the syrian regime. --t is how the diplomatic diplomat described reports of -- accusing syria of accusing that of killing prisoners in the housings and building -- burning bodies and a large crematorium. the crematorium is being used to hide evidence of the extent of th

they have mr macron ahead.in this round with the 4.8 her father got back in 2002, it does show how the party is performing over the long—term? the party is performing over the long-term? that is their point. they area long-term? that is their point. they are a movement which measures their progress in decades, not single elections. they got up to 18% in 2002, now they are up to the mid—30s. it is not as much as they would have wanted this time around, but they would say look at the long—term trajectory. look at how they are increasing their vote. they would also be pleased by the amount of legitimacy they have had. for yea rs of legitimacy they have had. for years theirs was a fringe movement. a lot of parts of france boycotted them, ignored them. with nearly 35% of the vote now they will say they can no longer be ignored. the question is whether marine le pen can turn to her own supporters and say we are one stop away from winning the next election. it is ha rd winning the next election. it is hard that someon

so, who is emmanuel macron?olitical 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 husband never let people close. the couple met when she taught him drama at school. their unusual love affair is a sign, says one of macron‘s old friends, of his determination, self—belief and drive. i think the only person who really knows him inside deeply is brigitte. you have to imagine, he seduced her, he convinced her to marry him, convinced his family. just imagine, it's no

so mr macron has a lot to do.ays he's not from the left of right and he has the small matter of parliamentary elections in june and the small matter of parliamentary elections injune and he needs to rally support behind him if he is to push through any or all of the reforms that he wants to do and unite france. there is no point in trying to compete on the french pronunciation front with this woman, tim! alaves i will speak in pidgin english! so you have this man who has won by 65% to 35%. yet he positioned himself as not being of the establishment. for a lot of people, of course he is. this is one ina long people, of course he is. this is one in a long line of remarkable elections that have changed politics across the world. brexit, trump and i'iow across the world. brexit, trump and now macron. the old parties seem to be unable to come up with solutions to france's myriad problems, a socialist was brought down by a corruption scandal, a communist did well in the first round and it came down to two people from ou

>> i just had a macron spokes person. it is the first word we've had out of the macron headquarters. we had an exsluclusive. she hasn't talked to anybody yells. she said we have to work with the united states. yes, we won. maybe president trump would have preferred marine la pen, but we were elected democratically just as he was and we have to be able to work together to address massive global issues, for instance, the fight against terrorism obviously. but also for instance the french are very, very keen obviously to protect the global climate change of course that was struck right here in paris in 2015. and you know the trump administration is trying to figure out are they going to get out of it, are they going to stay in, are they going to look for legal loopholes to diminish u.s. participation. they are obviously very, very keen, because all of europe is to keep that intact. the climate of course. so they will be meeting. macron and trump at the g 7 at the end of the this month and it will be a chance to see how this

long live france. >> emmanuel macron there, speaking -- emmanuel macron speaking, the new president ofnce for about six minutes. his opponent, marine le pen speaking for about one or two minutes. some of the thematics there is he would of course like to bring the country together. that he does respect those who voted for marine le pen his opponent. who is seen as a far right candidate. he at the end of his candidacy, macron seen as a centrist. relatively to his opponent. and that he understands that there's anger in the country that he will also address. steve clemons still with us. matt bradley, chris dickey also with us. i want to start off with nbc news' matt bradley. we heard him speak. we listened to le pen earlier. comparison of messages. emmanuel macron, very even toned throughout his entire delivery. le pen also by most at least manifestations of emotion very straight forward as well. >> that's right. i mean, i think if you were to have seen a marine le pen acceptance speech, it might have looked a little bit like donald trump's inauguration speech. you would have heard some of

i don't see any working together with macron or le pen or the macron movement. >> these two candidates, for some in the middle, felt these are neither of the two people i would like to vote for. one who holds extreme views is the criticism. the other, who has never held an office, is a wealthy individual, does not match who i am as well. the result of that concern, at least pre-election, pre the announcement in the last 15 minutes of the winner, was that they wouldn't show up. now we're seeing at least early numbers of 77% participation. in the last round it was 80%. put that in context for us. >> reporter: well, i think that there are several things that lowered the participation today. the thing that everybody was worried about is that people would be so disgusted with both candidates, they just wouldn't show up, and you would really have very high abstention rates, blank ballots, something on the order of 30,000 or more. that's not the case. the abstention rates we've seen so far is relatively close to what we've seen in the past. i think in 2012, the abstention rate was something a

macron. he told them don't vote for le pen, but he left open, wide open the possibility they should abstain completely. i think there was a lot of reason to think that the turnout would be much lower than in fact it was. i think felipe who was on earlier was saying the abstention was very high. i'm not sure that the numbers actually bear that out. i think it's very surprising given the kind of discontent about this vote that existed among a lot of people that they really did go out and vote in the end. >> and matt, do we know when we'll have a better sense of that number, those who abstained but still did go to the polls? we have 70, 78% of those who did participate, but we didn't have the abstention numbers at that moment. >> no. we also don't have the blank ballot numbers as far as i know. a lot of people were planning to put blank pieces of paper in the urns in the ballot boxes or empty envelopes. i'm sure we'll have numbers for those pretty shortly if they don't already exist some place.

this is something that emmanuel macron, president-elect emmanuel macron.es outside the louvre and the sun has set in paris. 9:29 p.m. as you can see the emmanuel macron supporters are gathered there. more reaction from the white house in a little bit about what this means for president trump's foreign-policy as he has overseas in just a couple of weeks for a big meeting and summit in europe when we come back. ♪ period. my friends think doing this at my age is scary. i say not if you protect yourself. what is scary? pneumococcal pneumonia. it's a serious disease. my doctor said the risk is greater now that i'm over 50! yeah...ya-ha... just one dose of the prevnar 13® vaccine can help protect you from pneumococcal pneumonia- an illness that can cause coughing, chest pain, difficulty breathing, and may even put you in the hospital. prevnar 13® is approved for adults 18 and older to help prevent infections from 13 strains of the bacteria that cause pneumococcal pneumonia. you should not receive prevnar 13® if you have had a severe allergic reaction to the vacc

macron. tell us a bit more and why they are out there so quicklylj macron.and why they are out there so quickly. i was just watching these people who have gathered today at 2pm, so it's been going on for two hours, they are already marching. last month we already marching. last month we already saw a big much, people protesting anti—le pen, anti—macron. we knew the general atmosphere was we might let him through but we know what he can do because we can see what he can do because we can see what he can do because we can see what he has done before because he was already in government. our audience might remember last year that there was this huge protest in france against working law, it was in fact emmanuel macron who made that law. when mr macron was economy minister his attempts to bring labour laws changes was part of the reason he quit the government because he couldn't get them through. that is already proven that they will be difficult to get through. many people have may have abstained yesterday but voted for him but really for their reasons and not

macron, say well done. they played beethoven's ode on joy, which is the anthem of the european union. lou: more joy in brussels no doubt. some relief in many quarters of france. ashley, thank you -- let me ask you this. everyone is describing macron as a centrist? he is a socialist. and i can't quite add this up, help me out. reporter: well, all about system manics -- semantics, he said either left wing or right wing, socialists, as you said, socialist government with socialist ideas here, is not that popular with the unions, he wants to reform the labor laws here and cut public spending, this is a real mishmash of economic agenda you could argue geese t goes to the right or the left, but he calm out -- came out as a socialist. lou: ashley webster thank you. from paris, wild tal we'll talk you to later in the broadcast. >> thank you. lou: here to discuss implications of the election, populist movement and trum agenda gayle trotter, ed rollins. gayle, she was trounced, marine la pen. and a 39-year-old who sp

after all, mr macron took 66% of the vote.eople voted for him, but 11 million people voted for the far right candidate, marine le pen. when you drill into the figures you discover there were also 16 million other registered voters that either abstained or went to the polling stations and left a blank or spoilt vote. when you do the sums he actually took just over 43% of 48 million registered voters. so, if he doesn't succeed, improve the french economy, kept unemployment down, is the window still open that a third of french voters voted for marine le pen, is the windowsill ( other nationalist populist to make the running and succeed where marine le pen field? yes, absolutely. don't forget jean—luc melenchon, who did well in the first round boat. nearly 50% of the first round boat. nearly 50% of the french people voted for a eurosceptic candidates. yes, absolutely, if he doesn't do the business over the next five years people will look at those figures and say he didn't really have the mandate and there is a risk that one of th

s would also follow suit and they would not vote against macron but for macron and a prime minister from their own party because they would carry out some of the reforms they've been advocating. so that's the plan. that's why a name is being bandied around for the past few days and especially for the past few hours. another well known person, philippe who is the mayor in western france and also known as a close ally of the former prime minister from the conservative party who was the favorite to win the primary within that party but who lost but it seems now there might be a de facto line between him or at least his lieutenants and emanuel macron and we'll have to wait for the verdict in a couple hours or minutes even. >> thanks for that, french politics editor. we'll go live now to the prime minister's residence and office s here where chris mohr is standing by. we've been waiting for this announcement for hours now since this morning. do you know anything more on your end? chris: not much more, and now apart from an ever mounting crowd of journalists and ever increasing speculation to

they macron.hinks forlle chaze this new deal for europe to succeed, macron must win over both his own electors and other european governments. i would like to begin with you, emmanuelle chaze. we just heard "ode to joy," the eu's official anthem, which emmanuel macron chose as his theme march. it was a pretty courageous gesture, i feel. emmanuelle: it was a gesture that pretty much sums up why people voted for him. hehe was seen as a pro-european candidate as opposed to marine le pen, who was anti-european. surprising choice, but it went on to show that we were choosing the future of europe more than a french president. very much are european yourself. you have lived in ireland, germany, -- ireland, france. a child of europe is how you describe yourself. the pro-european, europephile macron, what does he mean to you personally? to me, he embodies young leaders who want to reform this europe, which is no longer working the way it used to. let's burkhard birke, talk about what lies ahead for emmanue

macron is about to take?o you as a business lobby organization, as french business, nature of these people are included? otherwise the result in 2022 could be different. pierre: the major problem we have to solve is make sure there's no discrepancy between paris on one side and the territories, the regions am aware there's no jobs, no hope things like that. the reforms will have to take that into account. i know he knows. that means we have to put industry, manufacturing power, entrepreneur, in all regions of france. this is one most important thing that is linked to competitiveness. guy: can this happen fast enough? destruction.ive economies can't stand still. the problem is that with the political timeline and the business and economic timeline may be a little different, that creative destruction needs to ensure that those people get back into employment, the people that have been left behind are no longer left behind. five years is not very long. pierre: we have to start. i think macron can push this renew

emmanuel macron, we make practical him in the establishment box. he serves his own political movement called on our way, en marche in french, and that has only been around a year. and le pen has been around since 1972, and she is savvy as a political leader, political organizer, and this may macron is the outsider, so we have seen politics turn upside down in france. it is hard to say who represents the establishment anymore at all. steve: what about francois hollande? does he have any influence? alina polyakova: it doesn't seem like it anymore. up to the elections, hollande was known as the most unpopular french president in history, his approval ratings around 4%. steve: why? alina polyakova: he was criticized for his handling of the awful terrorist attack that happened across france the last year. he did not really speak to voters' concerns about security, immigration, how france will rectify the issues. the french economy has not been doing well under him. did not runl he again. steve: we are talking with alina polyakova of the atlantic council

anna: emmanuel macron decisively beats le pen. in his victory speech, the centrist pledges to unite the country. , the have the strength energy, and the will because that is what has carried us to this position and that is what has made us. that strength will ensure our future. we will not give in to fear, division, or lies. >> opec's next moves. into thecould extend second half of the year and possibly beyond. chinese overseas shipments held up in april as global demand recovers. the forex reserves rose for a third month. ♪ anna: welcome to bloomberg daybreak: europe. manus: emmanuel macron got the votes. the euro had 90% possibility that this event would happen. this is volatility overnight in the euro. you have things like the ecb. yellow.meeting is in it has dropped. euro is down. euro sterling is down, euro-yen is down. had alreadynagers covered -- sorry, they were already net long about this by the most on record. -- buyn appalling phrase the rumor. anna: we do not know what the ecb will do as we go into june. we do not know

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|j felt that macron was very emotive, ina felt that macron was very emotive, in a way.ous 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. nobody's ever been in that position. nobody's ever been in that position, maybe unless we look back towards napoleon. there was no tv then, so we don't know. marine le pen had a very short speech targeted towards the next general election. obviously she called for the national front — macron was talking about love and passion... we're not on the same page yet. i think marine le pen is already — maybe she was in the debate already talking about the general election. emmanuel macron, talking to the french nations, talking to the french nations, talking to the people — now we will see what happens. isn't it interesting? we've just finished that election and my guest and others in the city of bordeaux already looking forward, if i can put it that way, to june and already looking forward, if i can put it that way, tojune and the leg

emmanuel macron and marine le pen trading barbs. before one of them becomes france's next president. he says she is a figure of hatred and division. and tensions are rising over north korea with the head of the u.s. intelligence agency, the cia arriving on the peninsula as japan deploys its biggest .arship now will hilderbrandt is with us in the studio. starting out with a compromise in washington dc. >> agreeing on a spending bill to keep the u.s. government going until the end of september. the $1 trillion deal will need to be voted on officially later this week. it will boost military spending by $12.5 billion, as well as border security by 1.5 billion and reimbursed law enforcement. trump had earlier made that concession to democrats. meanwhile the president has pledged to take on the so call dodd frank banking regulation and enact genetic tax cuts. the legislation comes with a goal of finding -- of avoiding another financial meltdown. he made a pledge to repeal and replace dodd frank. the firsttrump: in 100 days i have taken ac

[applause] >> emmanuelle macron -- emmanuel macron, the new president-elect of france.g to the people who made party on, putting his the map. he talked about the challenge being immense. he says it starts tomorrow, tom, and he is not getting. france has a large to do list, but he also has the presidency. >> what an extraordinary reinvention of democracy in france. with all the controversy he has faith, the immediacy and the suddenness, the various children of the family are coming out. i read today in germany, in the united kingdom, and now in france we have leaders with no direct children. they are now stepchildren, adopted children, all that. they are a modern presidents. -- they are a modern family for a modern president. >> this is significant, but i think there will be many skeptical voices across the eurozone over the next several months over what he can actually achieve. and he deliver that kind of reform? yes, he has the appetite to deliver it, can he deal with pushback when it comes? there will be strike after strike after strike. it will take a lot to push it

macron elected."division within the country despite macron‘s win. they mention his pledge to heal the "anxiety and doubt" among the population. the irish times has a more upbeat headline, reporting the election results as a "landslide" for macron and focusing on what they call the "relief" felt by the rest of europe. and of course, the election of a pro—eu french president has been noted by several of the other main british newspapers. the telegraph's business pages and the independent focus on the effect macron‘s election could have on brexit negotiations. and the independent, despite the romantic image on its front page, leads with the phrase, "macron set to make may's negotiations with the eu tougher." he has said, in the past, he will ta ke he has said, in the past, he will take a tough stance on brexit. let's turn to another part of france — bordeaux is a macron stronghold, and my colleague is there. good morning! a very good morning to you. welcome to bordeaux. this is my guest, ettian millian,

emmanuel macron has joined the emmanuel macron hasjoined the man he will replace, higham, at the arc insists cuts fit —— theresa may insists brexit will help cut immigration to the tens of thousands. labour are planning to help cut childhood obesity by banning junk food adverts to children before the man pm will —— watershed. a dog attack in liverpool yesterday has been described by merseyside police as dangerously out of control. facebook is losing and in newspapers with tips on how to spot fake news in the run to the general election. ina in a moment it will be time for sports day but first, what else is coming up on bbc news. we have the very latest from france as president—elect emmanuel macron works on getting his team together in preparation. we will also talk to a former facebook executive about their plans to stop fake news. and will take you to a beach on ireland that reappeared overnight after vanishing in a storm 30 years ago. now, it's sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday with me, hugh ferris.

as about macron is more promilitary. you learned every time he and the french military engaged in the world, his numbers were not. they see there really is a role. cheryl: actually mentioned something crucial here. if the parliamentary elections in one month and this has really exposed in france if he really nationalist tone. marine le pen would've been a pariah five years ago as a candidate. now she gave him at least a run for her money and the tone is still the underlying tone in france. they're worried about immigration. they're immigration. they're right about the sudan refugee crisis. a lot of people are not happy with the e.u., want to get out of the e.u. >> is interesting that there had been a candidate who was more anti-e.u. and more anti-immigrant than marine le pen and having the real anti-semitism, the person in the candidate might have one. so this is not such a huge when forceout five ideologically as people are saying. as all across europe they are not so pro-e.u. they are not that open about it. even ensur

are given. —— emmanuel macron.it as the new president. and there, just signing the order of the legion of honour. and you heard the saying to him to be the man of our country, you has to be the man of our times. and that is what he said, emmanuel macron is. translation: presidentialas is what he said, emmanuel macron is. translation: presidential as the cost issue council, ladies and gentlemen, chairs, ladies and gentlemen, chairs, ladies and gentlemen, the french have chosen, as you reminded us, in the spirit of congress and the whole world has looked at our presidential election, everywhere people were wondering whether the french would decide in turn to go back to the past, it solutions, whether they would break with the way the world is going, yield to democratic defiance. the feeling of division turning the buck to the lights. or, on the other hand, with the embrace the future, give themselves collectively new momentum, reaffirming the values that have made of it are great people? on the 7th of may, the french

good afternoon from paris where emmanuel macron has begun focusing on thejob of emmanuel macron has begun job of taking over as president. that will happen on sunday. earlier today he was here at the arc de triomphe, he had already received congratulations from around europe, from angela merkel in germany, from the uk, from european union leaders as well. here mr macron appeared standing side—by—side with the outgoing president. it was an extraordinary moment, the outgoing president francois hollande, the man who hand—picked emmanuel macron as a young man, brought him into his party, supplanted by mr macron now, gave him a pat on the back. james reynolds reports on all of the day's events. emmanuel macron, the election winner, now prepares to lead his country. this morning in paris, he joined the outgoing president francois hollande at the ceremony to mark ve day. the horror of the 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 ma

macron is the contrary.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

we are pleased we organise that, because macron windbag. i voted for macron.le pen is against immigrants. she wants to stop immigration. it is the contrary of the catholic values. 0n the other side, for family, macron the catholic values. 0n the other side, forfamily, macron is the catholic values. 0n the other side, for family, macron is against out side, for family, macron is against our values. that is why it was so ha rd our values. that is why it was so hard to choose. and on the left? for me, actually, in my head, there was someone me, actually, in my head, there was someone putting a gun on my head, marine le pen, and someone poisoning me slowly. do you see excitement in this quiz me you have a 39—year—old president, fresh ideas, not wanting to bring new faces into parliament, surely that is something to admire? he has been elected with less than half the voices of the electors, the whole electorate will. the black votes are huge. he is elected because people didn't want to have marine le pen. now, he will have two gather, france need so much to be unit

of. -- of macron. we spoke to our correspondent, thomas low. talked about how it is being referred to in the newspaper,e moscow with a large leadership, is saying that what we have seen is .n authoritative macron that is the point that vladimir putin would have been surprised just about how he came out fighting. challenges, onn syria, for example, where he said the use of chemical weapons by bashar al-assad would cross a red line and entail the use of france's military. russia very much involved in syria on the side of bashar al-assad, so to say that in a public forum so early in the relationship laying down some form of a gun. -- andng on the role using the phrase "france expects" -- that is not something we have heard in recent time, vladimir putin -- in public. certainly in the case of ngos. and macron calling for more work to be done on what is happening in chechnya. we have heard horrific stories of gay people having to escape because of oppression in that public plan a putin -- that republic. vla

being a back to macron -- bringing it back to macron, he was seen as someone who could possibly softent he has defied those expectations. but they still have more to do with eurozone fiscal integration. he wants a eurozone budget, a minister for the eurozone. daniel: plenty to discuss for them. briefly, was there any progress made on the front of the criticism of germany's trade surplus? janelle: merkel said she was open to proposal to reciprocity in trade relations between the eu and other non-eu trade partners like china and the u.s. the german trade surplus is a hot topic. you have donald trump complaining that germany is selling so much more than it buys, and that impacts jobs. the international monetary fund said germany has to combat the trade surplus. whether merkel's remarks mean we have gone further in that discussion, we will have to see. daniel: we will have more business news later on in full. now back to brent. brent: tonight, the united states is accusing syria of building a crematorium to hide mass killings. the u.s. state department released satellite images allegedly s

so who is emmanuel macron? 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 husband never let people close. the couple met when she taught him drama at school. their unusual love affair is a sign, says one of macron‘s old friends, of his determination, self—belief and drive. i think the only person who really knows him inside deeply is brigitte. you have to imagine, he seduced her, he convinced her to marry him, convinced his fa

this morning, president macron's chief economic adviser told the bbc that mr macron would be a hard negotiatorritain 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 a crime and said, "what's going to happen is not taking back control, it's servitude." let's have a listen to the most recent comments he's made in the last few days. what the uk is experiencing is precisely the fact that brexit is not a walk in the park. that's extremely complicated on a financial basis and that's extremely complicated in terms of organisation and consequences. but don't forget that brexit is not at t

immanuel macron inherits one of the most powerful positions in europe —— emmanuel macron.s that come with it. he becomes the youngest french leader since napoleon and his own battles are remembered here. the crowd knows the new leader will face problems of his own. the french people hope that he will change a lot of things. it might be tough for him, but we hope that. translation: it won't be easy, but i hope it will be good work. above all, i hope he will not forget the little people. i'm not sure he is very coherent in his ideas. no idea whether being right or left, i don't really trust this. world leaders have sent macron congratulations. theresa may says that she looks forward to working with him on a wide range of shared priorities. president trump says that he too looks forward to working with mr macron. the russian president vladimir putin calls on france's new leader to bridge the divide between moscow and paris. angela merkel says this is a victory for a strong and united europe. translation: immanuel macron carries the hopes of millions of french people and many

macron's on marsh -- en marche! movement, is moving the lines now for the socialist party is very difficult. the big question now is, who is emmanuel macron going to choose for his prime minister? that ceremony also came after president hollande held his final cabinet meeting before handing over the reins to emmanuel macron. the transfer of power is set to happen this sunday. francois hollande's popularity ratings are among the lowest of any president in recent history, but his prime minister was quick to defend the socialist administration's record. >> as for the results we have obtained, increased productivity in the economy, and industrial investment was higher in growth in five years ago. for the first time last year, the net creation of 260,000 jobs , and for the first time in two years, a decrease in unemployment. genie: the next challenge for the president-elect, emmanuel macron, as we were saying, are the parliamentary elections and getting a majority in the parliament in the vote next month. that will be no

who is going to help macron do this? on the left and right are facing this question -- do they help him bring about this change and join his ranks oppose him? >> south korea is electing its new leader. >> south korea goes to the polls today. the korea times reports on its front page -- the imminent task will be to unify the nation suffering from ideological and generational divisions. is thethe candidates inspired-- macron has the south korean centrist 'sndidate who quoted macron example during his rally -- he believes the koreans are also ready for a candidate of change. the korean times calling for the new president to lead to be a ministration with an open mind, calling on south koreans to choose a candidate who is capable of writing their future. it is a vote that will change the destiny of the korean peninsula. the new korean leader must reinstate the principle that only south korea can solve its own problems and determine its own destiny. >> the second most powerful man in the white house with donald trump's son-in

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